Greg Davis reports an update to a breach case that DataBreaches has been covering since 2012. For previous coverage, search this site for “Peterborough Regional.” A proposed settlement of $988,550 has been reached in a class-action lawsuit relating to patient health records being wrongfully accessed by former employees at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre more than a…
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Snooping in Medical Records by Hospital Security Guards Leads to $240,000 HIPAA Settlement
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, a not-for-profit community hospital located in Yakima, Washington resolving an investigation under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). OCR investigated allegations that several security guards from Yakima Valley Memorial…
Cyberattack is a factor in Illinois hospital’s closure
Sean Lyngaas reports: A hospital in Illinois will close on Friday due in part to a cyberattack – a rare case of a health care provider publicly linking a hack incident to its closure. The 2021 cyberattack on St. Margaret’s Health, a hospital in Spring Valley, Illinois, hobbled computer systems for months and prevented it…
CloudSEK report says hackers don’t have access to CoWin’s backend database
Ayushman Kuman reports: A day after a Telegram bot provided access to the personal information of individuals who had reportedly registered for vaccination through the government’s CoWIN portal, an independent analysis by CloudSEK has shown that the threat actors do not have access to the entire portal or the backend database. CloudSEK is a Singapore-based…
Data breach prompts University of Pittsburgh Medical Center billing contractor to contact 25,000 patients
Kris B. Mamula reports: Some 25,000 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) patients are being contacted by a Tennessee billing contractor following a data breach caused by a software bug that may have exposed names, addresses, social security numbers and other personal information. Kingsport-based Intellihartx LLC, which provides UPMC with billing and collection services, is…
Aadhaar, PAN card data of COVID vaccine takers’ leaked on Telegram via CoWIN portal: Report
Vivek Singh Chauhan A concerning report has surfaced revealing a significant data breach involving the personal information of citizens in the country, including their PAN and Aadhaar card details. The leaked data has been found on the messaging platform Telegram. Take a look at the details. CoWIN data breach: who has been affected and how?…