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?…
Category: Health Data
Intellihartx notifies 490,000 patients of Fortra/GoAnywhere breach (with updates)
Quick update: Intellihartx LLC in Tennessee is notifying 489,830 of its clients’ patients about the Fortra/GoAnywhere breach by Clop. The types of information that may have been compromised include name, address, medical billing and insurance information, certain medical information such as diagnoses and medication, and demographic information such as date of birth and Social Security…
Another hospital hit by ransomware: Columbus Regional Healthcare System in North Carolina hit by Daixin
Columbus Regional Healthcare System (CRHS) is a non-profit organization in North Carolina licensed for 154 beds. The Daixin ransomware group claims that on May 18, they encrypted the hospital’s servers after exfiltrating data and deleting backups. A Ransom Demand and Failed Negotiations A spokesperson for Daixin tells DataBreaches that three days after they encrypted the…
Ascension Seton reports data breach of websites
Olivia Aldridge reports: The Austin hospital system Ascension Seton experienced a data breach of two websites earlier this year, potentially exposing the personal information of certain users. Ascension Seton issued a statement Tuesday saying its legacy websites — Seton.net and DellChildrens.net — were breached on March 1 and 2. The hospital system said it has…
HHS OCR settles charges against Manasa Health Center for disclosing PHI in response to a negative online review
New Jersey psychiatry practice pays $30,000 to settle complaint about impermissible disclosure of protected health information by disclosing this information in online review Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announces a settlement with Manasa Health Center, LLC, a health care provider in New Jersey that provides…
South Jersey Behavioral Health Resources discloses ransomware attack
South Jersey Behavioral Health Resources has disclosed that they were hit with a ransomware attack on April 3. They do not indicate what group attacked them, or what any ransom demand may have been, and DataBreaches has not seen this incident on any leak site to date. According to their notification, “The investigation remains ongoing,…