On February 26, Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, Inc. (“DGS”) sent a letter to parents and guardians of their young patients. The letter explained that on December 25, 2018, DGS had become the victim of a ransomware attack that had locked up the patient records. Those records contained personal information, such as name,…
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Pharmacy benefits management vendor discloses ransomware incident
Direct Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management service provider in Ohio, recently notified more than 9,300 patients after discovering that they had been the victim of a ransomware attack. Direct Scripts became aware of the attack on January 30, and immediately launched an investigation to determine what had happened and if any patient protected health information…
Thousands of Arizonans hit in Medicaid agency’s data breach
Jessica Suerth reports: Thousands of Arizonans were affected by a data breach earlier this year that targeted the state’s Medicaid agency, it was announced Monday. The breach of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System affected more than 3,100 individuals when their IRS 1095-B forms were delivered to the wrong addresses. Read more on KTAR.
Another business associate breach, another gap to notification of patients
So here’s yet another breach with what seems like a long delay to notification. In this case, Re-Solutions, a division of RSC Insurance Brokerage in Massachusetts, is a business associate to healthcare providers. On August 23, 2018, an employee’s laptop was stolen. In its disclosure letter, the laptop was described as “password-protected,” but there was…
Stolen N.W.T. laptop was among dozens that were unencrypted and handed out to unsuspecting staff anyway
This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on a stolen laptop. If you missed the earlier parts, you can find them here: Part 1 and Part 2. Priscilla Hwang reports: The N.W.T. government’s information technology division knew a set of laptops were “very difficult” to encrypt, but still handed it out for government staff…
Licensed Producer under scrutiny for possible privacy breach of patient info
Emma Spears reports: Reports are surfacing that Canadian licensed producer RedeCan is facing a privacy breach after a mass email to patients revealed their personal information to other patients. Although officials from RedeCan have not commented publicly, an email from the LP to a patient impacted by the breach indicates the company has self-reported the…