Susan Gamble reports: A privacy breach that may have exposed Brantford municipal staff job application records, vaccination status and personal addresses was announced by the city on Wednesday evening. A news release sent out by the city said the breach was in an internal intranet system, which is only accessible to city staff, and not…
Category: Health Data
OH: Memorial Health System notifies 216,478 patients of malware incident last July
In November, Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System notified HHS of a breach. The number affected was submitted as 501 — a number that this site often interprets as just a marker to show that the entity knows there was more than 500 patients to notify, but hasn’t yet figured out exactly…
COVID testing appointment scheduling service discovers data breach
Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On or around November 30, 2021, Practolytics LLC (“Practolytics”) learned that it experienced a data security incident. A client-generated report containing COVID testing appointment information, which would normally be deactivated following initial download, remained active. Upon discovery, Practolytics took immediate steps to deactivate and delete the download link to prevent further…
Saved by the backups: Hospital Centro de Andalucia recovered quickly from ransomware attack
Some ransomware groups have pledged not to attack healthcare facilities. Vice Society is not one of them, as their recent attack on a Spanish hospital reminds us. Amaveca Salud provides a number of in-patient and outpatient services and therapies. Last year, they inaugurated a private hospital, Hospital Centro de Andalucia in Lucena, Spain. When…
Maryland Department Of Health Confirms Ransomware Attack Caused Disruption In COVID-19 Data Last Month
CBS reports: A disruption last month in the Maryland Department of Health’s reporting of COVID-19 data was in fact a ransomware attack, the state’s Chief Information Security Officer Chip Stewart said Wednesday. Read more at CBS Baltimore.
Canadian privacy breach: Names of unvaccinated DDSB staff accidentally shared
Jillian Follert reports: A recent privacy breach at the Durham District School Board (DDSB) resulted in the names of staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19, or have not disclosed their status, inadvertently being shared with about 400 people. The breach happened when the board sent out a “routine” email about rapid testing. Attached to…