Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has reported yet another data security incident — what appears to be the fourth one in five years. Washington University School of Medicine is notifying an as-yet revealed number of patients and research participants whose personal and protected health information was in employee email accounts that were…
Category: Breach Incidents
Another Texas state agency data breach — this time, it’s the Department of Transportation
This is not be the first time the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has apparently had a data security incident, and it certainly not the largest breach the state has ever experienced, but it appears that TxDOT’s portal for the certified payroll system for contractors has been hacked. Two posts by one individual appeared over…
Ca: Big data breach confirmed at Arnprior Regional Health
Dani-Elle Dubé reports: Arnprior Regional Health says it has been the target of a cyber attack that has breached data dating back to decades ago. The hospital network confirmed the news via an announcement on its website on Thursday, May 19, adding that it had become aware of the attack on its IT system on…
Vice Society claims to have acquired patient files from Atlanta Perinatal Associates
Attacks on small to medium-sized medical entities continue, as this week’s breach posts unfortunately attest. Today, Vice Society added Atlanta Perinatal Associates in Georgia to its leak site. As they have done in the past, Vice Society did not just add the medical practice with a warning or threat. When Vice Society adds an entity,…
Settlement in Solara Medical Supplies litigation gets preliminary approval
As reported by TopClassActions, Solara Medical Supplies has agreed to a $9.76 million class action settlement benefiting those whose personal information may have been compromised during a 2019 data breach that occurred between April 2 and June 20, 2019. That would include employees and patients whose protected health information was in employee email accounts compromised…
Washington Local School District in Toledo, Ohio hit by disruptive cyberattack
WTVG reports Washington Local School District in Toledo, Ohio has been hit by a cyberattack that has disrupted much of its communication avenues including phones, internet, email, wifi networks, and Google classroom. Read more at WTVG, although they are only in beginning stages of investigating and responding to the incident.