Eric Anderson reports: A number of Community Care Physicians patients may have had their protected health information, date of birth, and insurance coverage exposed during a hack of computers at Albany-based accounting firm BST & Co. CPAs. Those affected were first notified by letter from BST on Tuesday. BST said the computer virus was active…
Category: Health Data
Thinking about cybersecurity is great, but are you prepared for your building burning down?
Let’s not forget the physical threats to protected health information. This news report about a fire in Hillsdale, New York destroying the Hillsdale Healthcare medical practice should give you pause. Is this scenario anywhere in your risk assessment? Heather Bellow reports on the damage to a strip mall from the fire, but I’m going to…
Protenus releases its analysis of 2019 health data breaches
Protenus’s 2020 BreachBarometer is now available for free downloading. From their highlights: Our analysis is based on 572 health data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the media, or some other source during 2019 (Figure 1). As in years past, we do not have numbers for every incident in…
FL: NCH Healthcare (finally) sends breach notification letters for June, 2019 breach
In August, 2019, this site reported on an incident at NCH Healthcare in Florida. At the time, it was not clear whether patient data was impacted in the phishing incident. The entity had become aware of suspicious activity on June 14, but by mid-August, there was no report on HHS’s public breach or detailed disclosure….
NY: East House Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Event
East House is a private, nonprofit agency in Rochester, New York that serves individuals with persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorder. Yesterday, they issued a press release about a breach: ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Although unaware of any actual or attempted misuse, East House is providing notice of a data privacy event impacting the…
Data breach at Monroe County Hospital & Clinics results in notification to 7,500 patients
Tyler J. Davis reports: More than 7,000 patients of a south-central Iowa medical system have been notified that their personal information may have been leaked in a data breach. Monroe County Hospital & Clinics said in a news release Monday that approximately 7,500 people were notified that the breach may have led to unauthorized access…