The compromise at web hosting firm E-dreamz, reported here earlier today, didn’t affect only Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates. According to Torie Wells, approximately 2,000 patients of Piedmont Healthcare were also affected: We were told that E-dreamz databases had been compromised and that credit card data of a number of our patients had been exposed,” said Gregory Guin,…
Category: Health Data
More details from Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates breach
HealthITSecurity.com has obtained more details on the breach affecting almost 10,000 patients of Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates. Apparently the data were encrypted, but the encryption key was acquired by whomever attacked the E-Dreamz server hosting the practice’s database.
Follow-up: Boca Raton Regional Hospital patient scheduler and co-conspirator plead guilty in tax refund fraud scheme
More on a case reported previously on this blog: Shalamar Major, 32, and Tanisha Wright, 27, both of Deerfield Beach, pled guilty on May 13 in connection with a tax refund scheme that used stolen social security and other personal identifying information to file on-line tax returns claiming fraudulent tax refunds from the IRS. More…
South Bend dentist office faced with computer security breach
The South Bend Tribune reports: A local dentist’s office is working to ensure its patients’ records are secure after a virus attacked the office’s computer system in March. Staff at Erskine Family Dentistry, 734 E. Ireland Road, say there is no indication the virus has accessed the personal information of patients, according to a news…
Notice Regarding Missing X-Rays for El Centro Regional Medical Center Patients
Could this breach be related to the one recently disclosed by Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic? There are some obvious similarities, but neither entity names the third party vendor. The May 13 press release from ECRMC: EL CENTRO, Calif., May 13, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — On March 22, 2013, El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) was notified…
Mass email by Dent Neurologic inadvertently breaches privacy of 10,200 patients
Melinda Miller and Stephen Watson report: Confidential information about more than 10,200 patients of Dent Neurologic Institute was inadvertently sent to more than 200 patients Monday in an email attachment. The personal information – including patients’ names and home addresses, their doctors’ names, last appointment dates and their email addresses – was contained on an…