The case of the “9Near” hacker continues to make the news in Thailand. The story began last month when someone offered to sell data on 55 million Thai citizens on BreachForums. Days later, and before there was any evidence of any sale, BreachForums was taken offline after police arrested the forum’s owner, “Pompompurin.” Not to…
Category: Health Data
PharMerica and BrightSpring Health Services hit by Money Message (update2)
PharMerica, owned by BrightSpring Health, is a national pharmacy network serving partners in over 3,100 long-term care, senior living, IDD/behavioral health, home infusion, specialty pharmacy, and hospital management programs. BrightSpring® Health Services provides comprehensive home and community-based health services to complex populations needing specialized care. Both are headquartered in Kentucky. Earlier today, the Money Message…
Es: Clinic hackers threaten to destroy information about patients with infectious diseases
World Nation News reports the threat actors who attacked Hospital Clínic de Barcelona are threatening to release sensitive medical information on patients. In particular, they warned that “in the near future” they will publish information about patients with infectious diseases and information about the use of experimental drugs in the elderly that the Barcelona center…
Alcohol recovery startups Monument and Tempest shared patients’ private data with advertisers
Zack Whittaker reports: For years, online alcohol recovery startups Monument and Tempest were sharing with advertisers the personal information and health data of their patients without their consent. Monument, which acquired Tempest in 2022, confirmed the extensive years-long leak of patients’ information in a data breach notification filed with California’s attorney general last week, blaming their use…
HIPAA: Deficient or Miscast
Matt Fisher writes: The development of new technology in healthcare and the massive expansion in sources of healthcare data have both created many complications when it comes to protecting and securing sensitive information about individuals. Inevitably, the discussion then turns to the role of HIPAA, which then turns to HIPAA not meeting current needs. A recent…
Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital working to recover from cybersecurity incident
WGEM reports: Culbertson Memorial Hospital officials reported Friday the hospital had been the victim of a cyber-attack last week. Officials stated they discovered a network disruption at 3 a.m. March 30 that required information systems to be taken offline. Read more at WGEM.