Over on PogoWasRight.org this morning, I linked to a post by Eric Goldman involving litigation over a medical privacy breach. One plaintiff claimed to have suffered significant harm in her life due to a hospital employee mailing her information to an unrelated third party who then posted it online. I mention that case because although…
Category: Health Data
No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking, Friday Global Edition
For today’s episode of “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking,” DataBreaches brings you three leaks involving patient/medical information: one from the U.S., one from India, and one from Australia. Tridas Center Jeremiah Fowler and the Website Planet research team discovered an unsecured database containing more than 16,000 records with personally identifiable information about pediatric…
Ca: Riverside Health Care reports privacy breach was due to inappropriate access of EMR by a staff member
Press Release: Riverside Health Care recently concluded an investigation into a privacy breach that was the result of a staff member inappropriately accessing patient electronic medical records. The inappropriately accessed personal health information was not disclosed or otherwise used by the staff member. Steps were immediately taken to prevent further inappropriate access to personal health…
FL: South Walton Fire District notifies patients of breach
On May 30, South Walton Fire District learned of unauthorized access to their network. Investigation revealed that patients’ potentially affected information included: names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, treatment dates, medical diagnostic and treatment information, and health insurance information for patients transported by or treated by SWFD. Local media reports those potentially at risk…
Community Health Network notifies patients of meta pixel breach
Community Health Network in Indiana has become the latest healthcare entity to notify patients that their protected health information was transmitted via trackers on their website from Google and Meta. Their FAQ page attempts to explain it in basic English and does a good job, but there’s no getting around this: Any individual who visited…
In: Ransomware suspected as AIIMS servers go down, trigger long waits
Soumya Pillai reports: A suspected ransomware attack hit servers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday, leading to long waits for patients as registrations, sample processing and billing as computers went down. According to doctors, services for out-patient (OPD) and in-patient (IPD) departments were affected since 7am on Wednesday, halting all…