Brett Dickerson reports: Victims of past sexual assault who had their DNA collected in a rape kit by the Oklahoma City Police Department now face yet more uncertainty because of a data breach. Rape kits are used to collect DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies for sexual assault investigations. Saturday, those who had their DNA…
Category: Breach Incidents
QRS Data Breach Exposed Psych Care Consultants Patient Information – Class Action Allegations
DataBreaches.net does not report on most potential class action lawsuits because many of them will not survive motions to dismiss. This case, however, is a bit more interesting to me because it involves sensitive mental health data, ransomware, leaked data, and claims about inadequate monitoring of a business associate. The case is K.L. v. Psych…
National Math and Science Initiative notifies more than 190,000 of data security incident
The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) in Texas describes itself as a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve U.S. student performance in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math. According to their notification letter, on or about October 13, 2021, their AV software triggered an alert. Through the resulting investigation, NMSI determined…
FL: Comprehensive Health Services discloses breach first detected this past September
Update: This incident was subsequently reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office on February 15 as impacting a total of 94,449 people. Original post: In January, DataBreaches.net noted a report to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office that involved Comprehensive Health Services (CHS), a business associate providing occupational health services to clients’ employees. The breach was…
FL: Ransomware group claims to have stolen data on 260,000 patients from Jax Spine and Pain Centers; victim remains silent (UPDATED)
Update of February 24, 2022: Jacksonville Spine Center, P.A. (JAX Spine and Pain Centers) reported a hacking incident to HHS on February 10 — the same date that this site first reported on claims by Avos Locker to have acquired data on 260,000 patients. JAX never responded to this site’s inquiries, but seems to have…
CareSouth Carolina hit with proposed class action lawsuit
ClassActions.org reports that CareSouth Carolina has been hit with a potential class action lawsuit. The caption is Mixon v. CareSouth Carolina, Inc. § 4:22-CV-00269 You can access a copy of the complaint at https://www.classaction.org/media/mixon-v-caresouth-carolina-inc.pdf The lawsuit stems from what the complaint describes as an attack against CareSouth in 2020 that was first reported to affected individuals…