Add Enloe Medical Center to those notifying donors and patients because of the ransomware incident that Blackbaud disclosed in July. You can read their notification here.
Category: Health Data
Camrose medical clinic employee penalized after sharing health files: privacy commissioner
Alex Antoneshyn reports: A Camrose medical clinic employee has been fined and given 180 hours of community service after improperly accessing health records of friends and others. According to the office of the privacy commissioner, Olivia Franc accessed the files at the Smith Clinic where she worked. Her employer reported the privacy breach in June…
NorthShore health system reports 348,000 affected by Blackbaud breach
Ugh. I’ve been so busy adding Blackbaud incident-related reports to my worksheets that I maintain for my research with Protenus for Breach Barometer that I forgot to post some incidents here. Thankfully, a kind reader gave me a gentle poke to let you know that Lisa Schenker reported that NorthShore University HealthSystem is notifying approximately 348,000…
Ransomware attack on Saraburi hospital
Apinya Wipatayotin reports: The director of Saraburi Hospital on Wednesday confirmed the hospital computer system had been attacked with ransomware, but said no demand for money was received. Patients were being advised to bring their own medical records and old medicine packaging with them if they visit the hospital. Read more on Bangkok Post. h/t,…
Cyber attack on Lugar Laboratory in Georgia – important information stolen
JAM News reports: A cyber attack has been carried out on the Georgian Ministry of Health and the Lugar laboratory. The Ministry of Internal Affairs says the cyberattack was executed on the territory of a neighboring country. Some of the stolen documents have been uploaded to a foreign website and are available to the general public. The…
6,000 Roper St. Francis patients’ info possibly breached in compromised email incident
Tony Fortier-Bensen reports: Roper St. Francis Hospital officials said on Thursday that 6,000 patients were affected by an incident where a employee’s email was accessed by someone without authorization and they gained access to personal medical records and information. The incident occurred between June 13 and June 17, but Roper St. Francis officials didn’t learn…