Protenus’s Breach Barometer for August notes that hacking incidents accounted for 54.5% of the health data breaches disclosed in August and 95% of the 673,934 breached records for August incidents. Also of note: Extortion demands and non-automated ransom demands also continue to plague the healthcare industry, although in many cases, media reports and HHS reports make no mention…
Category: Health Data
OH: Medical Mutual Provides Notice of Data Incident
Medical Mutual of Ohio (Medical Mutual) is taking action after recently discovering that an email containing personal information belonging to a portion of its Medicare Advantage members was inadvertently sent to an incorrect email address. Read more on Northwest Signal (sub. req.)
Data breach made public, Ridgeview says it exposed some email addresses
Ridgeview Medical Center has informed some members of Ridgeview Community Network that a security breach may have affected some of their protected health information, according to a press release from Ridgeview. According to the press release, affected members were notified on Sept. 8 that their email addresses had been exposed by Ridgeview Community Network. Read…
PeaceHealth employee accessed patient information
Marissa Harshman reports: Nearly 2,000 patients at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center are being notified that an employee unnecessarily accessed their private health information. The Vancouver medical center discovered on Aug. 9 that the employee accessed electronic files containing protected health information, including patient names, ages, medical record and account numbers, admission and discharge dates, progress…
Premier Medical Associates reports data breach
Ben Schmitt reports: Monroeville-based Premier Medical Associates, owned by Highmark Health, on Friday reported a data breach involving 900 patients and visitors to its website. The incident did not involve electronic health records system or its patient portal, according to a press release. Website visitors who submitted information through the “Contact us” portion of Premier…
More than four months after phishing attack, AU Medical Center notifies patients and employees
I had this deja vu feeling reading a report by Tom Corwin: Nearly five months after it happened, AU Medical Center announced that some patients may have had their personal information compromised by an attack on faculty email accounts, the hospital announced today. The attack known as phishing, where users unknowingly open up legitimate-seeming but…