Sheersh Kapoor reports: The hacker responsible for a major data breach at Star Health and Allied Insurance last year has reportedly claimed responsibility for sending death threats and bullet cartridges to the insurer’s top executives. According to Reuters, a person using the alias ‘xenZen’ said in a March 13 email that they mailed two packages…
Category: Health Data
Georgia hospital defeats data-tracking lawsuit
Giles Bruce reports: A Georgia hospital has defeated a class-action lawsuit over the use of data-tracking tools on its websites, Law.com reported. A state court granted Moultrie, Ga.-based Colquitt Regional Medical Center’s motion to dismiss the complaint, which alleged the hospital unlawfully collected patients’ protected health information and transmitted it to third parties like Meta’s Facebook, according…
Cyberattack puts healthcare on hold for hundreds in St. Louis metro
Russell Kinsaul reports on what sounds like a seriously impactful ransomware attack: Sometime in April, Esse Health was hit by a cyberattack, locking up parts of the health group’s computer network and putting healthcare on hold for many patients. Cindy Wagner needs to switch to a new doctor but her records can’t be transferred because they’re locked up…
Patients left in the dark almost a year after criminals leaked sensitive medical data from Synnovis
Alexander Martin reports: More than 11 months after a ransomware group published information from a U.K. pathology services company, the affected patients still have not been informed about what data of theirs was exposed in the incident, with material about sexually transmitted infections and cancer cases being included in the leaks. The data was compromised…
Saskatoon children’s hospital nurse unlawfully snooped on records of 314 patients: privacy report
Brandon Harder provides this morning’s reminder of the insider threat: Without legal authority, a nurse who worked at Saskatoon’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital snooped on the private medical records of 314 patients, according to a recent report. The report, dated April 23 and signed by Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski, states that…
Acadian Ambulance Seeks Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuit
Stephen Marcantel reports that Acadian Ambulance is seeking dismissal of a class-action lawsuit stemming from a ransomware attack in 2024 by Daixin Team. Acadian is claiming there is no proof that any patient has experienced any actual harm from the breach. The lawsuit, which was consolidated from 10 other class actions, claims that the July…