Region 8 reports: Participants’ data of St. Bernards Total Life Healthcare, Inc. was breached by a ransomware attack, according to a media release from HIPAA Privacy Officer Daya S. Shipman. PeakTPA, a healthcare management services provider, notified TLH on Jan. 23 of a breach on or about December 28, 2020. Read more on KAIT8. PeakTPA…
Category: Breach Incidents
Former Roswell Park nurse pleads guilty to tampering with a consumer product
Articles on breaches involving protected health information (PHI) often raise the specter of what could happen if a patient’s records were misused and the patient’s healthcare suffered as a result. Here’s a case where it reportedly happened. This case also raises some questions about access controls and the value of audits and follow-up on audits….
A bug in a popular iPhone app exposed thousands of call recordings
Zack Whittaker reports: A security vulnerability in a popular iPhone call recording app exposed thousands of users’ recorded conversations. The flaw was discovered by Anand Prakash, a security researcher and founder of PingSafe AI, who found that the aptly named Call Recorder app allowed anyone to access the call recordings from other users — by knowing their…
PEI-Genesis, Inc. Provides Notice of Data Privacy Event
PHILADELPHIA, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — PEI-Genesis, Inc. (“PEI-Genesis”) recently announced an event that may have impacted the privacy of personal information relating to certain individuals and businesses. While PEI-Genesis is unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of personal information in relation to the event, PEI-Genesis provided potentially affected individuals with notice, information about the event and…
American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association hack impacted more than 161,000
The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association, a non-profit organization in Virginia that provides insurance and benefits services to the military community, is notifying 161,621 individuals of a hacking incident. On January 29, AAFMAA became aware of suspicious activity on its system. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized party had first gained access to certain…
Terminated: Texas Medicaid subcontractor dumped after data breach in ransomware attack from Russia
Robert T. Garrett reports that a breach that significantly impacted Texas Medicaid patients last year was not fully or accurately disclosed to the state by the subcontractor at the time. A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data-privacy breach caused by a ransomware attack from Russia last year exposed the personal information of…