The UC San Diego School of Medicine is notifying people whose personal information was accidentally exposed on the Internet: (UCSD SOM) became aware of the exposure on September 7, and took immediate steps to secure it. They do not indicate how they first became aware of it. Nor do they indicate for how long the file…
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Dozens of clinics, thousands of patients impacted by third-party data leak
EMR4all, Inc. was a California business providing free EMR software to physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy practices that used their associated patient billing service, Rehab Billing Solutions (RBS). Over the summer, they began shutting down operations and notifying their clients of their closure. Their effort to make a graceful exit wound up marred by a data…
Privacy breach shows names and addresses of military personnel’s families
Brett Ruskin reports: A privacy breach has revealed the personal information of dozens of Canadian military members, including names, ranks, service numbers, home addresses, home phone numbers, as well as names of spouses and children. The documents are freely available to anyone who requests the file at the Federal Court of Canada. “That sort of information…
North Korea only has 28 websites, according to leak of official data
Justin McCurry reports: The internet is awash with news and comment about North Korea, from its nuclear tests to speculation about the health of its leader, Kim Jong-un. But its own contribution to the world wide web is tiny, according to a leak that revealed the country has just 28 registered domains. The revelation came after…
Court orders WakeMed to mitigate breach, pay fine
There’s a follow-up to a lawsuit noted previously on this site, and I think it will be of interest to those interested in healthcare sector breaches. John Murawski reports: WakeMed Health and Hospitals will soon notify thousands of patients that their personal and medical information was disclosed in court filings over six years. A federal bankruptcy…
St. Elizabeth Physicians’ email gaffe exposed patient email addresses
Here’s an incident involving St. Elizabeth Physicians that happened last month but just showed up on HHS’s public breach tool now. From their August 23 notice: On July 12, 2016 St. Elizabeth Physicians inadvertently released the email addresses of 674 individuals in an email sent by its Weight Management Center inviting the recipients to a…