Robert Shutt reports: The Community Memorial Health System in Ventura has sent out a notice regarding a data security breach involving patient information. A CMHS employee’s email account was compromised by a phishing email and on June 23 the employee saw irregularities in their account and notified the CMHA administration. Read more on Pacific Coast Business…
Category: Health Data
FL: Billing employee in healthcare office sentenced for ID theft role
There’s an update to an insider breach case previously reported on this site. Sharmekia Young, the former Rotech Healthcare employee convicted of stealing almost 1,000 patients’ information, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Alaska malware incident may have compromised personal info held by Office of Children’s Services
And yet another breach disclosed at the beginning of a holiday weekend – this one posted by the State of Alaska: September 1, 2017 ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services had a security breach that may have disclosed personal information of individuals who have interacted with the Office of Children’s Services….
The Neurology Foundation discloses employee wrongdoing
Yes, let’s release a breach notification at 5 pm on the Friday of a big holiday weekend…. In this case, it’s The Neurology Foundation in Rhode Island, reporting on an incident involving employee wrongdoing. You can read the full press release here. Note that although the problem was discovered months ago, notification of the breach was…
EXCLUSIVE: Hand Rehabilitation Specialists notifies patients of possible hack by TheDarkOverlord
Back around the Fourth of July holiday, I was busy attempting to confirm some claimed hacks by TheDarkOverlord (TDO). And no, I’m not referring to any entities I’ve previously named on this site, but yet other healthcare entities I’ve never named. In encrypted chats, TDO had provided me with samples of patient data from approximately…
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants notifies 19,203 patients after ransomware incident
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, PA in Delaware recently reported a ransomware attack to HHS that affected 19,203 patients. The attack began on June 17, but wasn’t discovered until July 7. The practice notes that there was no indication that any PHI was accessed, much less acquired. I was impressed by their robust response to the incident…