On March 6, a forum post appeared on BreachForums that listed data for sale from the Health Benefit Exchange Authority, DC.gov The seller, a respected forum user known as IntelBroker, claimed that the data had been hacked within the past hour and contained information on 170,000 users. In less than a day, the data were…
Category: Health Data
Company accuses former exec of data theft
TNN reports: A company engaged in providing holistic care to children with special needs has accused one of its former executives of stealing confidential data and using the same to start a similar business with a rival firm. In its complaint, the company officials alleged that they hired Pankaj Kumar as deputy general manager (DGM)…
Behavior Technician Who Allegedly Defrauded Florida Medicaid of More Than $119,000 Arrested
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 10 —Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit today announced the arrest of a registered behavior technician. According to an investigation by the MFCU and the Hialeah Police Department, Greter Brito Acosta defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $119,000 for falsifying documentation and receiving money for services not…
Notice of Privacy Incident of Historical Health Records – California Secretary of State
From the FAQ (both the FAQ and HTML version have occasional errors and label certain dates 2023 when they were 2022): 1. What happened? On December 23, 2022, the California Secretary of State (SOS) was notified by a researcher that the records they were provided to view contained records not older than 75 years. Pursuant…
ZOLL Medical notifying 1,004,443 patients of data breach — HIPAA
A number of large recent breaches have involved trackers or analytics, but not all large breaches these days involve trackers. ZOLL Medical is notifying 1,004,443 patients whose protected health information (PHI) may have been compromised in a recent data security incident that didn’t involve pixels or trackers at all. According to ZOLL’s notification, the Massachusetts-headquartered…
Weekend update: Non-US hospitals hit by cyberattacks
Belgium: CHU St. Pierre Cyberattack DHnet in Belgium reports that Saint-Pierre hospital in central Brussels temporarily closed its emergency room and diverted line 112 to other institutions due to a cyberattack early Saturday morning. The attack reportedly disrupted the functioning of many applications, including patient records and telephone lines. By 5:00 pm Brussels time, most…