Preface: In this post, DataBreaches summarizes four more notifications involving patient data or health data that were published this past week. Three of the incidents are new disclosures and one is an update. Note that the three newly disclosed incidents all involved compromise of employee email accounts. In at least two of the three incidents,…
Category: Health Data
Professional Finance Company, Inc. is providing breach notifications to patients of 657 covered entities
So this one could be another big one: Professional Finance Company, Inc. (“PFC”), an accounts receivable management company that provides assistance to various organizations (including healthcare providers), announced today that it is notifying individuals whose information may have been involved in a recent network security incident. On February 26, 2022, PFC detected and stopped a sophisticated…
Alameda Health System’s second breach went undetected by investigators of first breach?
On June 24, Alameda Health System in California submitted a notification to the California Attorney General’s Office. The notification concerned a breach of an employee’s email account breach that began on April 30, 2020. The breach wasn’t discovered until February 23, 2022, and the account was locked down after that in March. According to Alameda’s…
Updating: Breach reports from Eye Care Leaders’ clients continue to add up
As June drew to a close, DataBreaches’ little notepad tabulations indicate that we already have reports from 32 entities impacted by the Eye Care Leaders breach last December. Readers may recall that ECL’s myCare Integrity platform was reportedly accessed by an unauthorized individual who deleted some of the databases before being detected. As far as…
UPDATE: Michigan Avenue Immediate Care in Chicago submits notification concerning 2021 cyberattack
On May 18, DataBreaches.net broke the story about a cyberattack on Michigan Avenue Immediate Care in Chicago (MAIC). The threat actors who had attacked Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City in April claimed responsibility for the attack. Despite multiple inquiries sent to MAIC, no response was ever received, but the threat actors provided…
Patient information compromised in OrthoNebraska data breach
Omaha World-Herald reports: A December 2021 data breach put some OrthoNebraska patients’ personal and health information at risk, according to a statement released by the health organization Thursday. In early December 2021, an unauthorized individual or individuals gained access to an OrthoNebraska email account, sent out spam messages and gained access to protected personal and…