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Sturdy Hospital in Attleboro sued over data breach

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Dissent

George W. Rhodes reports: A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sturdy Memorial Hospital alleging it failed to properly protect personal patient information that was stolen in a ransomware attack earlier this year. […] “Defendant maintained and secured the PII (personally identifiable information) in negligent manner by failing to safeguard against ransomware attacks,” the…

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VaxiCode flaw: Quebec refused to give immunity to the whistleblower

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Dissent

Thomas Gerbet reports (machine translation follows): Contrary to what the Minister of Digital Transformation, Eric Caire, said, the Quebec government has never offered immunity to the computer scientist who discovered the security flaw in the VaxiCode health passport application. Exchanges of emails obtained by Radio-Canada reveal the underside of this affair and show that the…

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Public health, vaccination records exposed in Denton County data breach related to Microsoft Power Apps

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Dissent

Maggie Prosser reports: Hundreds of thousands of public health records, including COVID-19 vaccination details, were exposed in a data breach that was linked to an app that is used at Denton County vaccine clinics, officials say. A malfunction in the third-party software revealed contact and identifying information, as well as COVID-19 vaccination types and appointment…

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Beaumont Health notifies patients of Accellion breach

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Dissent

Friday, August 27, 2021 On February 5, 2021, Goodwin Procter LLP (“Goodwin”) notified Beaumont Health (“Beaumont”) of a security incident at Accellion, a third-party vendor whose File Transfer software was used by Goodwin for large file transfers on behalf of clients, including Beaumont. Goodwin received some personal and protected health information from Beaumont in connection…

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Indonesia probes suspected data breach on COVID-19 app

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Dissent

Reuters reports: Indonesia is investigating a suspected security flaw in a COVID-19 test-and-trace app that left exposed personal information and the health status of 1.3 million people, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. Researchers from encryption provider (sic) vpnMentor  said personal information in the Indonesia Health Alert Card (eHAC) app, often required to be used…

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DuPage Medical Group notifying 600,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised in cyberattack

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Dissent

Lisa Schencker reports: DuPage Medical Group is notifying 600,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised during a July cyberattack. DuPage Medical Group, which is the state’s largest independent physicians group, experienced a computer and phone outage that lasted nearly a week in mid-July. The group worked with cyber-forensic specialists to investigate the incident and…

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