Lindsey O’Donnell reports: Researchers are warning of an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting the credentials of more than 100 high-profile executives at a German multinational corporation that’s tasked with procuring coronavirus medical gear for Germany. Read more on ThreatPost.
Category: Health Data
PA: Everett & Hurite Ophthalmic Association discloses breach involving protected health information
From Everett & Hurite Ophthalmic Association, this breach notification: Everett & Hurite Ophthalmic Association (“EHOA”) is posting the following statement to inform our patients of a recent event that could potentially affect the security of certain information. EHOA takes this incident very seriously and we regret any inconvenience or concern this incident may cause. What…
Details of COVID-19 patients leaked in Tiruvarur, patient gets calls from strangers
Megha Kaveri reports: In a shocking instance of breach of privacy, names, addresses and contact numbers of at least two COVID-19 patients who are currently being treated at the Thiruvarur Medical College and Hospital were circulated on social media apps. One of the patients has been receiving calls from strangers inquiring about his well-being, this…
UK: Fears patient files at Hockley GP surgery hacked – urgent probe launched
Mike Lockley reports: Thousands of alerts have been sent to patients at a leading GPs’ practice amid fears their medical records have been hacked. Staff at Hockley Medical Practice, based in the Jewellery Quarter, have acted swiftly after being made aware of the possible cyber attack. The surgery has 8,839 patients. A text message has…
Chile: CPLT announces breach of sensitive patient data in health industry
The Chilean Transparency Council (‘CPLT’) announced, on 1 June 2020, that following an audit of 12,000 purchase orders made by 86 organisations in the health sector, the CPLT found that 12 purchase orders by hospitals and six by health services were made which revealed the sensitive personal data of patients. Read more on OneTrust Data…
How screwed is Indian healthcare data?
Sai Krishna Kothapalli writes: Some months ago, I read an interesting article on Techcrunch titled “A billion medical images are exposed online” about medical imaging storage servers that are not configured securely and are exposed online. This caught my attention, and I wanted to dig deeper, especially in the Indian context. Read more on Medium. This…