Brendan Pierson reports: A federal judge has narrowed a lawsuit brought by patients against hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc over a data breach last year, finding that merely having their data exposed did not give patients standing to sue but that one plaintiff could go forward with a claim that he was harmed because…
Category: Health Data
Student health insurance carrier Guard.me suffers a data breach
Lawrence Abrams reports: Student health insurance carrier guard.me has taken their website offline after a vulnerability allowed a threat actor to access policyholders’ personal information. guard.me is one of the world’s largest insurance carriers specializing in providing health insurance to students while traveling or studying abroad in another country. Read more on BleepingComputer.
NC: Update to Allergy Partners ransomware incident
Back in February, there were media reports that Allergy Partners in North Carolina had been impacted by a ransomware attack on February 23. The threat actors, who were not identified, reportedly demanded $1.75 million ransom. The medical practice was able to restore services in 8 days and noted that they had not paid any ransom….
UT: Astro Team threat actors dump patient-related files allegedly from Eduro Healthcare
Eduro Healthcare is a Salt Lake City, Utah based company providing transitional care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, and assisted living. Eduro provides an email address to use for contact. Sadly, it does not work. Nor do they seem to respond to contact form messages. Or emails to their executives. On April 7, a relatively…
Ca: Toronto plastic surgeon’s licence suspended over social media posts, surveillance of patients without consent
Caitlin Taylor and Makda Ghebreslassie report: A Toronto plastic surgeon and self-styled social media influencer has had his licence to practise medicine suspended. In a decision released on May 12, the disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) suspended the licence of Dr. Martin Jugenburg — who goes by Dr….
VA: Alexandria nursing assistant charged with identity theft
Insider breaches — including insider wrongdoing — were down last year according to Verizon’s annual report and Protenus’s 2021 Breach Barometer for incidents involving health or medical data reported in the U.S. But “down” does not mean “gone.” Rogue employees are still a significant risk for entities, as James Cullum reports: An Alexandria certified nursing assistant…