Jess Malcolm and Greg Brown report: One of Australia’s largest health networks that was the target of a cyber security breach has no idea whether hackers stole private medical data almost a week after the attack. St Vincent’s hospital on Monday confirmed it did not know whether sensitive health records had been taken, sparking concern the…
Category: Health Data
ProSmile issues breach disclosure that creates more questions than it answers
On December 22, ProSmile Holdings, LLC in New Jersey issued a press release about a data breach. If ProSmile — a dental service organization — is a business associate or otherwise covered under HIPAA, no report from them has shown up yet on HHS’s public breach tool. They write, in part: In July 7, 2022,…
Clay County, Minnesota discloses ransomware attack in October
On December 22, Clay County published a notice on its website about a ransomware attack in October. According to its notice, on October 27, 2023, the county determined that its network had been impacted by a ransomware attack between October 23 and 26. The attack affected the electronic document management system (“CaseWorks”) hosted by Clay…
AbbVie files trade secrets suit against Adcentrx and former employee
Nicole DeFeudis reports: AbbVie accused a former employee and a rival oncology developer of stealing trade secrets about its antibody-drug conjugate programs. The pharma giant on Friday filed suit in California federal court against Adcentrx and scientist Danny Lee, who left AbbVie in 2021 to join Adcentrx. The complaint alleges that Lee was “in a…
Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023
Katie Palmer reports: Odds are, you’ve gotten at least one of the unnerving letters in your mailbox this year: “We’re writing to inform you of a cybersecurity incident,” it might start. It’s the standard notice many health care organizations are required to provide when your protected health information gets exposed — and in 2023, data…
St Vincent’s Health falls victim to cyberattack
David Swan reports: St Vincent’s Health says it has sustained a cyberattack and hackers have stolen data from its network, with the hospital and aged care provider urgently investigating the incident. St Vincent’s, which is the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, said it discovered the attack on Tuesday and an investigation into…