South Denver Cardiology Associates (SDCA) recently disclosed that it began the new year with a data security breach that they first detected on January 4. Initiating their incident response plan, their investigation determined that an unauthorized person accessed their network between January 2, 2022 and January 5, 2022. During that time, certain files stored on…
Category: Health Data
Protenus releases the 2022 Breach Barometer report on health data breaches: More than 50 million affected
Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics company, has released its annual Breach Barometer report. Protenus has been making its annual report on health data incidents freely available since 2016 as the result of an ongoing collaboration between the firm and DataBreaches.net. DataBreaches.net compiles incidents and provides some of their statistical analyses and is compensated for its…
Unable to determine what files were accessed, Norwood Clinic notifies all 228,103 patients
Norwood Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama is notifying 228,103 patients of a hacking incident that left them unable to determine what, if anything, had been accessed. In a notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, the clinic’s external counsel reported that the breach began on September 20 and was discovered on October 22. The types of…
Yet more data from the Sea Mar Community Health Center data breach appears on the internet
If Herman’s Hermits sang about the latest development in the Sea Mar Community Health Center data breach, they’d probably sing: Third verse, same as the first A little bit louder and a whole lot worse Last month, DataBreaches.net reported that Sea Mar Community Health Center in Washington state had been sued in November, weeks after…
Update: Central Indiana Orthopedics notifying 83,705 of October data breach
In October, 2021, this site reported that Central Indiana Orthopedics (CIO) had promptly disclosed a data security incident involving Grief threat actors. This week, CIO’s external counsel notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office about the incident, reporting that 83,705 patients were impacted, total. Types of information involved included name, address, Social Security number, and limited…
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats
They deserve good press for this — here’s their full press release from today: Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats The Critical Infrastructure Defense Project will provide comprehensive, no-cost cyber protections for U.S. hospitals and water and power utilities SAN FRANCISCO — March…