Andrew Goldman reports: Thousands of radiology images, including breast screenings, of Dorset patients have been accidentally deleted. University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has insisted implications to patients are “very low” after the Echo discovered approximately 5,000 health images taken during a period in 2019 were wiped during a routine archive process. Images lost include 214 clinical…
Category: Breach Incidents
When 2+2 = OMG: Two hospitals, two breaches each, both discovered in same month.
Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions provided notice on Friday concerning a breach on January 20, 2022, when an unauthorized individual accessed a Microsoft Office 365-hosted business email account. Conifer discovered the breach on April 14, 2022. The email account is separate from Conifer’s internal network and systems, which were not impacted. But the compromise enabled the…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Mexico – Quintana Roo Police officers arrested on Wednesday a man identified as Levis “N.” He is suspected of stealing bank data and credit cards from users at ATMs in Cancun. Read more at RadioFormulaQR. But that is not the only news out of that area of note. Mexico – Judicial Poder of Quintana Roo…
More class action settlements and suits, Friday morning edition
PCS Revenue Control Systems data breach $1.135M class action settlement PCS Revenue Control Systems agreed to pay $1.135 million to resolve claims it failed to protect consumers from a data breach. The settlement benefits consumers whose personal information was compromised in a PCS Revenue Control Systems data breach between May 19, 2017, and Dec. 19,…
Bits ‘n Pieces
Updating some HHS reports: First Choice Community Health Care reported its ransomware attack to HHS on August 1 as impacting 101,541 patients. BHG Holdings / Behavioral Health Group reported its breach to HHS on July 27 as impacting 197,507 patients. Elsewhere: California: A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock has been…
Argentinian health services plan hit by LockBit
On June 27, Clarin reported that OSDE had suffered a cyberattack on June 25. OSDE is a network of medical care services and providers in Argentina. People can enroll in pre-paid health plans and contact OSDE online when they need medical attention or assistance. According to its site, OSDE currently has over 2 million members,…