CBC News reports: When Louis heard the province’s digital transformation minister say on Tuesday that quick response (QR) codes “cannot be falsified, modified or copied,” he took it as a challenge. “There’s always a flaw,” he said. “It’s just a matter of being patient enough to find it.” […] within six hours, Louis said he…
Category: Health Data
Pennsylvanians who had personal information exposed in contact tracing data breach no longer suing state
Rick Earle reports: The Pennsylvania Health Department has been dismissed from a federal lawsuit including Insight Global, the company responsible. Insight Global is now the only defendant named in that lawsuit. Target 11 broke the story in April that personal information of more than 70,000 Pennsylvania residents involved in COVID-19 contact tracing had been compromised. Insight Global blamed…
CareATC notifies patients, employees, and dependents after discovering employee email accounts compromised
The following is a press release: TULSA, Okla., Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CareATC, Inc. (“CareATC”) recently discovered an incident that may have impacted the privacy of information related to certain patients, employees, and dependents of patients and employees. While CareATC is unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of information in relation to the incident, it is providing potentially affected…
California DOJ Must Be Notified About Breaches of the Health Data of 500 or More California Residents
HIPAA Journal reminds us all that states can require notification to the state of breaches that are also covered by HIPAA and can take enforcement action if they are not reported: Recently, there have been several instances where the California DOJ has not been notified about ransomware attacks on California healthcare facilities, even though the…
Nearly 73,500 patients’ data affected in ransomware attack on eye clinic in Singapore
Kenny Chee reports: A ransomware attack earlier this month has affected the personal data and clinical information of nearly 73,500 patients of a private eye clinic, the third such reported incident in a month. The information included names, addresses, identity card numbers, contact details and clinical information such as patients’ clinical notes and eye scans,…
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants Notifies 171,740 Individuals of Privacy Incident
On June 24, 2021, Metro Infectious Disease Consultant (MIDC) learned that some individuals’ personal information could have been accessed when an unauthorized third party gained access to certain employees’ email accounts. MIDC has no reason to believe that anyone’s personal information has been misused for the purpose of committing fraud or identity theft or that…