Mark Friedman reports: After dealing with the financial effects of COVID-19, hospitals are facing a new threat: lawsuits following cyberattacks. Since January, four lawsuits have been filed against both Howard Memorial Hospital of Nashville and against the Mena Hospital Commission, which operates as the Mena Regional Health System. The lawsuits allege the hospitals were negligent…
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Au: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants
Danny Tran reports: Australia’s biggest skin cancer study has been hit by an unpublicised data breach, with the personal details of more than 1,000 people feared to have been accessed by hackers. The ABC can reveal cyber criminals last year broke into servers holding highly sensitive data collected by QIMR Berghofer, a medical research institute…
What is the cost of not purging data or moving it offline, Sunday edition
Maybe one day, a law or regulation will require entities to purge old data that is no longer needed or requires it to be disconnected from the internet. If anyone needs a fresh example of why we need that type of law or regulation, here it is: Richard T. Miller, DMD, PC, d/b/a Great Neck/Mid…
Four months after cyberattack, CHC Montlégia hospital system still offline
Seen in an article on The Brussels Times about risks to hospitals of cyberattacks: Last November the CHC Montlégia in Liège was also the victim of a cyberattack. Nearly four months later, its computer system is still offline. The only thing I could find on that was this February article on how the CHC was…
Website intrusion attempt: India’s Department of Health seeks help from Chot-In
PiPa reports: India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CHOT-IN) has been asked to investigate the alleged hacking of the Health Department’s website by a Russian group The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CHOT-IN) has been asked to investigate the alleged hacking of the Health Department’s website by a Russian team. . CloudSEK, a cyber security company,…
Patient’s ’embarrassing’ private health information posted to Facebook after breach
Tori Gaines reports: A woman has reported that the results of her test for sexually transmitted diseases were posted to Facebook after a worker at a California hospital gained access to her medical records, according to a complaint shared by her attorney. There’s a lot to consider about this case. From the reporting, it appears…