Jim McConnell reports: The local school system failed to properly redact personal information from a document requested through the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, inadvertently releasing to a parent last week the names of all Chesterfield County Public Schools students and employees who have reported testing positive for COVID-19. Chesterfield resident Grace Olsen, the mother…
Category: Health Data
Ransomware ‘bull’s eye’ grows, clouding telehealth’s rise in long-term care
Kimberly Mersalas reports: Even as COVID-19 and its emphasis on telehealth have opened providers to greater cybersecurity risks, insurance policies that offer potential protection are becoming more expensive, and in some cases, harder to get. Insurers are issuing 25% to 50% premium increases this year, reflecting a large number of ransomware payouts over the last…
FR: The Grésivaudan clinic victim of a cyberattack
Redaction Grenoble reports (translation): The computers of the Grésivaudan clinic, in La Tronche ( Isère ) have been stopped since Friday, April 17, 2021 . “We are on a break, we can not do anything”, we confirm at the reception of the establishment. At issue: a cyberattack that affects at least 12 establishments of the French Student Health Foundation (Fsef), of which the Isère…
Vermont Health Connect had 10 data breaches last winter
Katie Jickling reports that there were 10 instances where individuals saw other individuals’ information when connecting to Vermont Health Connect. I wouldn’t call that 10 data breaches. It sounds more like one problem that happened to 10 people. In any event, she reports: Andrea De La Bruere, executive director of the Agency of Human Services,…
CH: Schaffhausen hospitals suffer major IT failures
Philipp Anz reports (translation): On the night of April 13, the Schaffhausen hospitals were victims of a network infrastructure interruption in the cantonal IT service, mainly affecting the administrative and communication area. Read more on inside-it. On April 15, IT company KSD reported “The network of Schaffhausen hospitals became fully functional as of 2:30 am,…
“Without Undue Delay,” Saturday edition: D.C.’s Planned Parenthood reports data was breached last fall
Brittany Renee Mayes reports: Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., on Friday revealed it had a breach of patient information last fall. In a notice posted to its website, the organization revealed that it found “unusual” activity on its networks on Sept. 3. At that time, it began securing its systems, started an investigation and…