The other day, I wondered aloud whether there was anything the American Medical Collection Agency (Retrieval Masters) could have done after they were hacked to keep their big clients like Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp. An interesting report by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee on BankInfoSecurity suggests that there might have been. McGee reports that newly submitted court…
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OH: Edgepark Medical Supplies notifying 6,572 patients after a “password spray attack”
It appears that RGH Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Edgepark Medical Supplies, has had another HIPAA breach. The first time they came to this site’s attention was in January, 2014, when they disclosed a 2013 malware incident that had gone undetected for nine months and potentially impacted 4,230 patients. Then in January, 2018, they notified HHS and…
Suspect arrested after Bulgarian cyber attack (UPDATE 2)
EuroNews reports an update to a story noted earlier this week on this site: Bulgarian police said on Wednesday they have arrested a suspect for a cyber attack on the country’s National Revenue Agency (NRA), which led to the leak of personal and financial data of millions of people. “We have a suspect that has…
University of Alabama warns of computer breach at Brewer-Porch center
Tuscaloosa News reports: The University of Alabama says a 2009 computer security incident involving a server for Brewer-Porch Children’s Center may have exposed some personal information for about 1,400 former clients, employees and medical providers. In June, staff preparing an old server for disposal discovered unauthorized login activity between Oct. 24, 2009, and Dec. 9,…
4 charged in Zippy’s customer credit card data theft (updated)
Nelson Daranciang reports: Credit and debit card information stolen in a 2017 and 2018 Zippy’s data breach was used to make fraudulent purchases in 17 foreign countries and 28 states, including 595 in Hawaii, said Deputy Prosecutor Chris Van Marter. You can read more on Honolulu Star-Advertiser if you have a subscription. Back in January,…
Another AMCA victim starts notifying patients
Add Texas-based Clinical Pathology Laboratories to the list of providers impacted by the breach at American Medical Collection Agency. Here is their press release, issued yesterday: AUSTIN, Texas, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (“CPL”) has been informed by Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”) of a data…