Andrew James reports on a ransomware attack on a South Carolina system that has yet to show up on HHS’s public breach tool: The impacts of the December 12 cyberattack on the Tidelands Health Hospital System are unclear, but what is clear is that patients feel they were victimized as a result of negligence. A…
Category: Health Data
Beaumont investigating security breach of 1,200 patient files
Sarah Rahal reports: Beaumont Health officials are investigating a security breach by a former employee who accessed patient information, hospital officials said Saturday. Beaumont notified 1,182 individuals about the incident on Friday saying a now-former employee had unauthorized access of patient information. The employee, who was terminated, is suspected of disclosing information to an individual working…
PIH Health notifies almost 200,000 patients whose protected health information was sitting in employee email accounts that were compromised
Posted by PIH Health on their website on January 10, 2020: Notification of Data Security Incident January 10, 2020 – PIH Health has become aware of a data security incident that may have impacted personal information and protected health information belonging to certain current and former patients. On January 10, 2020, PIH Health notified potentially…
If states would only require — and then engage in — more transparency on breaches
Years ago, I had hoped more states would require breach notifications to central offices and that states would then share those reports with the public, much as New Hampshire had done. But things haven’t really become more transparent. Maryland and California remain positive examples of transparency, but New Hampshire’s site, while still available, has lost…
Ex-VA employee sentenced for leaking medical records
AP reports: A former Department of Veterans Affairs employee has been sentenced to six months in prison for leaking the medical records of Richard Ojeda as the former Army major was running for Congress in West Virginia. Jeffrey Miller of Huntington was sentenced Tuesday in federal court. Miller, 40, acknowledged accessing the medical records of…
Saskatoon Sexual Health laptop containing 156 patients’ information stolen in November 2018
Thia James reports: A laptop stolen from Saskatoon Sexual Health in late 2018 contained information about 156 clients, a recent report from the province’s information and privacy commissioner found. In a Jan. 14 report, Ron Kruzeniski wrote that he found the clinic had taken reasonable steps to contain the breach stemming from the theft and…