Partners HealthCare System, whose hospitals include Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s, revealed today that it had discovered a malware attack in May, 2017 that may have exposed 2,600 patients’ information. They learned of the problem on May 8, but because data was mixed in with code, numbers, other data, and unformatted, it took them quite…
Category: Health Data
OH: Suspects stole records, identities and cars in 33-count indictment
Daniel Barnett reports: The Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a 33-count RICO indictment against four suspects on charges that include theft, identity fraud, and breaking and entering. A press release from the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s office says that Jonathan Charles Knapp, 35, and Justin Lee Goins, 26, stole information out of storage units…
Family Planning Association of Hong Kong apologises for losing patient data at Mong Kok clinic
Danny Lee reports: A major health NGO in Hong Kong apologised on Saturday for losing patient data from a cervical screening programme at one of its clinics. The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, which runs the scheme, said they “lost track” of information from people who came for appointments at its Mong Kok Youth…
Western Washington Medical Group Notifies 842 Patients of Improper Disposal of Records
EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 2, 2018 — Western Washington Medical Group (“WWMG”), located in Everett, Washington, discovered that medical records and information for some of its patients may have been improperly disposed of on November 13, 2017. On that date, the janitorial service performed their routine clean-up but mistakenly comingled documents from the WWMG Orthopedic, Sports, Spine, and…
CarePlus notifying 11,200 members of breach involving protected health information
WFLA reports that CarePlus Health Plans is notifying 11,200 customers after a series of programming and printing errors resulted in explanation of benefit letters being sent to the incorrect members on January 9 or January 16. The breach was discovered on January 17. According to the statement provided by the insurer: The information disclosed included: Member…
IE: Patients’ details discovered on street
Catherine Shanahan reports: The discovery on a Co Louth street of four pages of doctor’s notes containing patients’ details has been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. A member of the public found the consultant’s report, which contained the names and dates of birth of at least 18 patients and the units they were treated…