Anthony Anderson reports: Confidential employee information has been exposed in a data breach at Ambulance Victoria (AV). The data in question is the drug and alcohol tests of prospective graduate paramedics collected between May 2017 and October 2018. The documents had become accessible on Ambulance Victoria’s internal intranet. Read more at Herald Sun.
Category: Health Data
Some Cornwall Community Hospital services still impacted by cyber incident
The Kingston Whig Standard reports: It’s been a month since a cyber incident brought down the Cornwall Community Hospital’s computer systems. In response to a requested update, CCH posted one Thursday on its website and social-media channels, indicating many of its services are now back to expected activity volumes and it’s resumed its standard approach…
Methodist Family Health discloses breach potentially involving sensitive info on children
On May 3, Methodist Family Health (MFH) in Arkansas notified HHS that 5,259 patients were affected by a breach. On their website, MFH posted a notice on the same day. It begins: Methodist Family Health (“MFH”) experienced a data breach on March 4, 2023, that was first detected on March 6, 2023. After a thorough…
More breach news from the U.S. healthcare sector
A small roundup of incidents from the past 24 hours, including some dark web disclosures Uintah Basin Healthcare notifies patients of data breach discovered in November Uintah Basin Healthcare (“UBH”) in Utah became aware of unusual activity in their network on November 7, 2022. They are first notifying patients who received care at UBH between…
North Korea behind SNUH hacking in 2021: police
Lee Han-Soo reports: The personal information leak at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) two years ago was found to be the work of North Korean hackers. The National Police Agency’s National Office of Investigation has confirmed that a cyber attack orchestrated by North Korean hackers infiltrated the internal network of SNUH through seven domestic and…
Cyberattacks a Problem for Nearby Emergency Departments, Too
Michael DePeau-Wilson writes: A ransomware attack at one healthcare system had a significant impact on two neighboring emergency departments (EDs) that weren’t targeted in the attack, researchers found. Daily mean ED volume rose 15.1% at the two facilities, from 218.4 in the pre-attack period to 251.4 in the attack period (P<0.001), Christian Dameff, MD, MS, of…