Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group in California is notifying patients after learning that for almost two years, patient health records were exposed on the Internet. In an undated template notification letter submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office today, they write: Based on our investigation, on September 10, 2013 a document scanning device inadvertently exposed some patient health…
Category: Health Data
OCR “actively working” on Systema Software breach
Chris Vickery, who discovered the Systema Software leak, informs DataBreaches.net that he filed a complaint with HHS/OCR about the leak. Of note, and in response to an inquiry he sent on September 17 asking about the status of his complaint, OCR responded today: We are aware of this case and are actively working on it. …
MI: Mental health patients’ insurance information in stolen courier’s car
Shandra Martinez reports: A Wyoming medical billing firm is trying to contact patients of one its clients that a vehicle theft could result in a data breach of customer information. Insurance Data Services, at 1161 58th St. in Wyoming, says a West Michigan Delivery Service courier car delivering mailings for a client was stolen Sept….
Premera sued – and sued – and sued – over security breaches
Coral Garnick reports that there have been 38 lawsuits filed and continuing investigations into the Premera breach. Mountlake Terrace-based Premera maintains that it does not “have any evidence that there was any criminal activity on anyone’s account as a result of the cyberattack,” company spokeswoman Melanie Coon said in an email statement. However, the company faces…
Health apps approved by NHS ‘may put users at risk of identity theft’
Charlie Cooper reports: Health apps accredited by the NHS may not be adequately protecting personal information from hackers, a university study has claimed. Experts in the UK and France subjected 79 health apps listed by the NHS’s ‘Health Apps Library’ to security checks. They found that around a third were sending identifiable information such as…
Woman sentenced to probation in theft of patient records from Wichita surgery center
Gabriella Dunn reports: A woman who took confidential information about patients at a Wichita surgery center was sentenced to 18 months of probation for seven counts of felony computer fraud Wednesday. …. [April] Galvan took the patient information during a mass forward of e-mails from her work account to her personal Gmail account right before…