Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network (“NRHN”) is a comprehensive network of physical rehabilitation services that includes four inpatient hospitals and 25+ outpatient rehabilitation clinics. It also provides pain management and specialized pediatric outpatient rehabilitation. On July 19, NRHN notified the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) of a “hacking/IT incident” that affected 501 patients. The “501” is…
Category: Health Data
UAB study postcard discloses patient information
Haven’t seen a postcard health data breach in a while, but here we are. WBRC in Birmingham Alabama reports The UAB School of Nursing has informed 1,655 patients this week of an incident in which a study recruitment postcard sent to the patients inadvertently shared protected health information (PHI). According to a press release from…
Newborn data allegedly accessed by doctor seeking profit
It’s an old story, but it continues to occur: insiders using data to open their own businesses or practices. This time, 800 people are being notified by Windsor area hospitals in Canada that their babies’ data was “inappropriately accessed” by a pediatrician within Windsor Regional Hospital. Travis Fortnum reports: In a statement sent to CTV…
North Korean Government Hacker Charged for Involvement in Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Hospitals and Health Care Providers
Hacking Group Known as “Andariel” Used Ransom Proceeds to Fund Theft of Sensitive Information from Defense and Technology Organizations Worldwide, Including U.S. Government Agencies A grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment on Wednesday charging North Korean national Rim Jong Hyok for his involvement in a conspiracy to hack and extort U.S. hospitals…
CA: Legal services vendor hacked in April, medical information acquired by hacker
Another legal services vendor discloses a breach: Compex Legal Services Inc. (“Compex”) recently discovered an incident that may have impacted the privacy of information related to certain individuals. Compex provides record retrieval and litigation support services to insurance carriers, third party administrators and law firms. As Compex continues to investigate and work toward notifying impacted…
39 healthcare providers sue UnitedHealth over Change hack
There’s no way that DataBreaches has enough time to track all of the lawsuits filed against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries, Optum and Change Healthcare, as a result of the Change Healthcare hack, but over on Becker’s Hospital Review, Giles Bruce reported about a suit of particular note: Thirty-nine healthcare providers and the National Community…