Vascular Surgical Associates in Georgia has been notifying patients of a hack discovered in September. From their site: Vascular Surgical Associates Protected Health Information Breach Vascular Surgical Associates was recently the victim of a hacking incident that may have resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about you. On or about September 13, 2016, we…
Category: Health Data
Aetna division notifying thousands of missing CD
Mike D. Smith reports: Aetna is notifying about 3,000 Texas policyholders affected by a “privacy incident” after a CD containing personal information never arrived at its intended destination. […] The incident occurred after an employee of Aetna Signature Administrators, a division of Aetna, mailed a CD on Sept. 6 to another employee for archiving purposes….
Over 300 data leaks at Dutch hospitals this year
DutchNews.nl reports: Dutch hospitals have reported 304 potential leaks of sensitive information to the Dutch data protection agency DPA since the beginning of this year, Trouw said on Thursday. Reporting has been compulsory for a wide variety of organisations since the start of this year. The agency has refused to give any information about the…
Ca: Commissioner’s investigation determines that faxing failures put sensitive mental health information at risk.
From the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Nova Scotia: HALIFAX – Three separate breaches of sensitive mental health information have led Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Catherine Tully, to call for improvements in how the health system transmits personal health information. In a new report issued today, the Office of the Information and Privacy…
Command Marketing Innovations Reports Printing Error Impacting Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Members
The vendor involved in the recent breach reported on this site involving Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has now issued its own press release: GARFIELD, N.J., Nov. 23, 2016 — Command Marketing Innovations (CMI), a vendor performing print work for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), announced today that on November 2, 2016, it…
Hospital-targeting Locky ransomware ups attack methods
Jessica Davis reports: In February, Locky was found in the wild, wreaking havoc on networks. And despite the drop in the frequency of ransomware attacks in recent months and increase of decryption tools for strains like Crysis, Locky is upping the ante on its attack method. The latest ransomware downloader uses the AESIR-file extension. It…