Laura Kraegel reports: Unalaska’s clinic is investigating a security breach of its computer system. The ransomware attack happened in August, according to James Kaech, executive director of Iliuliuk Family and Health Services. He said the clinic’s access to its computer system was temporarily blocked, but it seems no information was stolen. Read more on KUCB.
Category: Health Data
Austin Manual Therapy Associates patient data hacked – TheDarkOverlord
Austin Manual Therapy Associates (AMTA) has two locations in Austin, Texas. They also have a very professional-looking web site and pictures of smiling and professional-looking physical therapy staff. What they don’t have at this time, though, is any statement on their web site indicating that their patient data was hacked. And yet according to a spokesperson…
UK: NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing
Rajeev Syal and Denis Campbell report: The scandal over the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence has deepened with the revelation that a further 162,000 documents went missing, in addition to the 702,000 pieces of paperwork already known to have gone astray. MPs said they were “dumbstruck” to learn that even more material relating…
Privacy breached for hundreds of Queen Elizabeth Hospital patients
Insider breaches in healthcare know no national boundaries. From The Guardian: Health P.E.I. says the personal health information of 353 patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown has been inappropriately viewed by a former hospital employee. Acting chief executive officer for Health P.E.I., Denise Lewis Fleming, confirmed the breach of patient records this morning….
RiverMend Health notifies 1,300 after employee’s email account compromised
Rivermend Health is notifying 1,300 patients who had information in an employee’s email account that was compromised. Rivermend detected suspicious activity from the account on August 10. Subsequent investigation determined that the account had been accessed beginning on or about July 27, and the access continued until August 11. Rivermend found no evidence that patient…
Chase Brexton Health Care notifies more than 16,000 patients after phishing incident
Chase Brexton Health Care in Maryland recently notified 16,562 patients after four employees fell for a phishing attack. The phishing emails were sent on August 2 and 3, and by August 4, the attackers had re-routed employees’ paychecks. Of note, there was no evidence that the attackers were seeking – or ever accessed or viewed –…