Website Planet reports that Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password-protected database that contained 148,000 records belonging to InHouse Physicians — a healthcare provider that offers on-site medical services and wellness programs to organizations, including corporate health and wellness solutions, event medical services, and occupational health programs. The non-password-protected database contained 148,415 PDF documents totalling 12 GB. Each document…
Category: Health Data
Cyberattack costs growing at UnitedHealth Group, could reach $2.45 billion for this year
Christopher Snowbeck reports: Second quarter earnings beat analyst expectations at UnitedHealth Group, even as the Minnetonka-based health care giant said it saw more expenses handling the fallout from a massive cyberattack earlier this year. The company now expects cyberattack costs could reach $2.45 billion for the year, including more direct expenses for financial support for…
It’s the biggest breach reported so far to Massachusetts in 2024 but you probably didn’t hear about it.
Updated July 16: It appears that Edward Flynn, LMHC, may not have intended to indicate that his organization had 575,000 people affected by a breach. However, despite multiple attempts and inquiries from DataBreaches, he continues to decline to provide any coherent statement to explain his report to the state in terms of what actually happened…
Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation and Joe’s Club continue to leak sensitive and disturbing images
CAUTION: This post contains some images showing adults with bruises or injuries. The images may be upsetting or disturbing. In October 2023, DataBreaches was contacted by a moderator for BreachForums. He had come across an exposed database and seeing how sensitive it was, contacted this site to see if we could alert those responsible for…
State attorneys general send warnings of Change Healthcare breach, urge residents to respond
Read Change Healthcare’s Substitute Notice. Individual notices will go out at the end of July, but they may not have your address to notify you individually. Chad Van Alstin writes: Multiple state attorney generals have sent notices, informing residents about the Change Healthcare breach and urging them to enroll in the credit monitoring and identity…
Ph: 42 million people possibly affected by 2023 Philippine Health Insurance cyberattack
Vivienne Gulla reports: The records of around 42 million individuals are possibly affected by the 2023 data breach on Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), according to the National Privacy Commission (NPC). NPC’s Maria Theresita Patula issued the statement during Monday’s oversight hearing of the House Committee on Appropriations regarding the budget of PhilHealth and the…