Ryan Ross reports: Health P.E.I.’s response to a privacy breach involving patient health records was reasonable, but steps could have been taken to prevent it, says P.E.I.’s privacy commissioner. In a report released in December, privacy commissioner Karen Rose reviewed the unauthorized access of electronic health records for 353 people, which she referred to as…
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“Crafty Cockney,” associate of thedarkoverlord, fighting extradition to the U.S. after being charged with hacking, extorting, U.S. medical entities in 2016
Now THIS is very big news on thedarkoverlord front: Joseph Curtis reports that Nathan Wyatt, who was jailed on fraud charges in the U.K. but has been released from prison there, is now fighting extradition to the U.S. on charges he was involved with hacking and extorting U.S. medical entities as part of thedarkoverlord. This…
MI: Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center notifies patients of phishing incident
Another day, another phishing report from a HIPAA-covered entity. This time, it’s Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center in Michigan. The phishing attack itself occurred in early April. It’s not clear when the center first discovered the breach, but they only first discovered PHI was involved in November. The center’s release did not reveal numbers, and this is…
SingHealth breach review recommends remedies that should already be basic security policies
Eileen Yu reports: A culmination of bad system management and undertrained IT staff, amongst other gaps, had resulted in Singapore’s most severe cybersecurity breach last July, according to the committee formed to review the events leading up to the SingHealth incident. […] The 454-page report published today outlined 16 recommendations the committee said were made…
MI: Kent County Community Mental Health Authority notifies 2,284 patients after phishing attack
Kent County Community Mental Health Authority of Michigan, dba as Network180, issued a notice on their site about a HIPAA breach that they reported to HHS as affecting 2,284 patients. Here is the text of their notice: We are posting this notice as part of our serious commitment to privacy. We regret to inform the…
Solis Mammography notifies 500 patients and HHS after laptop theft
Their press release of December 14: Ben-Ora, Hansen & Vanesian Imaging, Ltd. d/b/a Solis Mammography (“Solis”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this noticeconcerns an incident that involved some of that information. On October 17, 2018, we learned that a Solis computer had been stolen from our Phoenix location…