On April 25, Comanche County Hospital Authority notified HHS that 2,199 patients were affected by an email incident. From their press release: Comanche County Memorial Hospital issues public notice of HIPAA Breach Lawton, OK (April 27, 2016) – Comanche County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) is committed to protecting the privacy of its patients and maintaining the highest…
Category: Health Data
Another Bizmatics, Inc. client notifies 7.500 patients of hack
Well, this is a bit different. Lafayette Pain Care, PC in Indiana notified HHS on May 9 about hacking/IT incident that affected 7,500 patients. In trying to track it down (there’s nothing that I could find on their web site), I came across a media report from May 10 that links this to the Bizmatics,…
NM: San Juan County notifying patients whose PHI were potentially viewable by hacker
KRQE reports: San Juan County is warning the public of a possible data breach in patients’ health records. Authorities say someone hacked into a county computer on Wednesday. An investigation shows no information was taken, but county officials say patients who participated in the DWI or Axis treatment programs may have had their personal information…
Did some disgrace besmirch “Anonymous” by hacking Turkish hospitals and leaking sensitive patient info?
The leak of more than 50 million Turkish citizens’ information in 2015 and 2016 was cause for great concern. Now Kevin Collier reports on a claimed hack involving Turkish citizens’ information that involves very sensitive personal and medical information. The hack was first reported by Hurriyet. Collier reports: A self-proclaimed member of the hacktivist group Anonymous has…
MI: Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies notified 4,082 patients after discovering malware
Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies in Michigan is notifying 4,082 patients after discovering that malware had been injected into their system in November, 2015. Here is there notification posted to their web site today: On March 19, 2016, Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies (“CCBT” or “we”) learned that CCBT’s server was accessed by unauthorized users –…
Eye Associates of Pinellas notifying 87,000 patients of Bizmatics breach (update2)
On May 5, Southeast Eye Institute, P.A. (dba Eye Associates of Pinellas) notified HHS that it was notifying 87,314 patients of an incident they coded as “hacking/IT incident.” There is no statement on their web site at this time and I can find nothing online that explains the incident. DataBreaches.net has contacted the practice requesting a statement…