Yesterday, DataBreaches.net reported on a misconfigured rsync backup that had been detected by Kromtech Security. The security firm had contacted DataBreaches.net for notification assistance on May 3 after unsuccessfully trying to notify iHealth Innovations that patient data from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center could be accessed and downloaded without any login required. One week later, we still do…
Category: Exposure
Texas health system settles potential HIPAA violations for disclosing patient information
Okay, this seems a bit harsh in terms of monetary penalty. From another HHS/OCR settlement announced today: Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
Funding Circle Error Exposes 6,000 SSNs Of American Clients
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports that Kromtech Security Research Center has been pretty busy this week: An upcoming London-based business loans provider, Funding Circle, left a database containing 6,000 social security numbers of American clients exposed to anyone on the internet, it emerged Wednesday. The company, which has helped companies bypass banks to borrow more than $1.5…
Confidential medical records from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital exposed online by vendor’s error
Vendor’s error appears to have exposed personal and confidential medical data of patients seen at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center since 2014; Records also include addiction histories, psych histories, and histories of physical or sexual abuse; Hospital investigating to determine what happened and who may have accessed data. By now, you may be tired of reading reports on misconfigured MongoDB installations…
Website Flaw Let True Health Diagnostics Users View All Medical Records
Brian Krebs reports on yet another entity/site that did not adequately secure patient information: True Health is a privately held health services company specializing in “comprehensive testing for early detection of chronic diseases,” according to the company’s Web site. The medical reports that True Health produces contain vast amounts of extremely personal information on patients,…
CO: Thousands potentially exposed to identity theft after county published sensitive information online
Ryan Luby reports: The Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s office made sweeping changes to how it conducts business amid a Denver7 investigation, which revealed how officials had published sensitive information belonging to thousands of people online for months. Among the records were child support liens, death certificates, and commercial lending filings. Many of them contained a variation…