Mary Katherine Wildeman reports: United Healthcare customers in South Carolina may have seen their private information exposed in a data breach that happened last year, the company said in a disclosure Friday. First and last names, health plan information and private medical claims data all could have been compromised, United said. The health insurance company…
Category: Health Data
More Maze Team victims are revealed
A few developments concerning ransomware attacks by Maze Team: Crossroads Technologies notifies a covered entity about ransomware attack I think I finally have some information on the Crossroads attack claimed by Maze Team on their site. So far, no one — not Crossroads Technologies and not CrossroadsNet have answered my repeated inquiries, despite the fact…
Fondren Orthopedic Group notifies patients after malware incident destroyed patient records
Fondren Orthopedic Group in Texas is notifying patients of Dr. K. Matthew Warnock of a malware incident on November 21, 2019. The attack corrupted and permanently damaged some patients’ records, but there was no evidence that other any records were accessed and copied or exfiltrated. According to their notice to HHS, they are notifying 30,049…
FL: Clinic worker pleads guilty to identity theft
Austin L. Miller reports: A 49-year-old Leesburg woman pleaded guilty in the federal courthouse in Ocala Thursday to charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud. Stacey Lavette Hendricks faces up to 20 years behind bars on the wire fraud charge, followed by a mandatory two-year term for identity theft, according to federal authorities. Read…
CO: Wheat Ridge clinic reports potential breach of 1,300 patients’ information following burglary
Eric Ruble reports: A local mental health clinic says 1,319 patients’ information was possibly accessed during a burglary in November 2019. On Thursday, the Jefferson Center for Mental Health said its Independence Corner location at 9595 W. 49th Ave. in Wheat Ridge was burglarized on Nov. 29. Read more on KDVR.
Lawrenceville Internal Medicine Associates notifies patients of email gaffe that exposed patient email addresses
Sometimes, reports submitted to HHS do not show up on their breach tool for a few weeks. A breach report submitted January 2 by Lawrenceville Internal Medicine Associates of NJ caught my eye today. The incident, coded as unauthorized access/disclosure of protected health information in email, reportedly impacted 8,031 patients. The following is a notice…