In August, I noted a ransomware attack on Marin Medical Practices Concepts (MMPC), a business associate providing billing and EMR services to many physicians. The ransomware prevented the physicians from accessing patient records for more than 10 days, and Marin decided to pay an undisclosed amount of ransom. In an August 4 statement, however, they…
Category: Health Data
City Hall mum on burglary at Mama Lucy Hospital, medical records, vouchers gone
Chrispinus Wekesa reports: The Nairobi government has remained silent after the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital was burglaried (sic) and medical records stolen. Staff at the hospital said on Tuesday night, unknown people broke into the procurement office and stole medical records. Health CEC Bernard Muia and superintendent Musa Mohamed were reluctant to speak to the Star….
FTC denies LabMD’s application for a stay of Commission’s Final Order
In what is likely to infuriate those who believe that the Federal Trade Commission has already abused its authority in its relentless enforcement action against a small cancer-detecting laboratory, the FTC has denied LabMD’s application for a stay of their final order while LabMD appeals to a federal court. In explaining its denial, the Commission said it looked at four…
NJ Spine Center saw no other option but to pay ransom
Oof. This notification from the New Jersey Spine Center, sent to patients on September 22, describes a real disaster where not only essential patient files and credit card information were locked up, but their most recent backup was too. No wonder they paid the ransom. On July 27, 2016, our computer systems were attacked by a malware…
Hackers attack Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske and hold bosses to ransom over stolen information
LynBarton reports: Cyber criminals have made “multiple” attacks on Cornwall’s main hospital in the past year with repeated attempts to hold health bosses to ransom by stealing sensitive information. According to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, the IT system of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) was once infected ransom-ware, a type of malicious software…
AU: Privacy watchdog called after Health Department data breach
Noel Towell and Rania Spooner report: Health Minister Sussan Ley has apologised to doctors over the accidental leaking of sensitive Medicare data. The federal privacy watchdog will assess Health Department claims that no patients’ medical information has been released after sensitive information on the Pharmaceutical Benefits and Medicare Benefits schemes was accidentally leaked by the department. […] The department…