Natalie Akoorie reports: A district health board has failed to meet its requirements under the Official Information Act, prompting intervention from the Chief Ombudsman. Waikato District Health Board largely ignored a series of questions from Local Democracy Reporting in June regarding the cyber security breach that paralysed the DHB in May, forcing the postponement of surgeries…
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital sends email identifying unvaccinated employees
Kim Powell reports: Phoenix Children’s sent an email to nearly 370 employees, identifying them as exempt from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “Wow, what pretty flagrant violation of the law. It’s impressive for how clear-cut it is,” said Alexander Kolodin, an attorney hired by a nurse on the email. “This is something that should never…
Under attack by “Groove,” TriValley Primary Care posts notice on web site and continues caring for patients
Groove, who is making a point of telling anyone who will read their site that Groove is not a gang but just a single person out to prove how easy it is to manipulate media, joined the ranks of those who attack medical entities without regard for the harm they may cause. It appears that…
UT: EMI Health alerting plan members to breach — notices will follow at a later date
EMI Health is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our members’ information. Regrettably, we recently identified and addressed a security incident that involved some of our members’ information. On August 10, 2021, we identified unusual network activity. We immediately took steps to secure the network and began an investigation with the assistance of…
TX: Unable to determine what was accessed in cyberattack, McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd. is notifying patients as well as employees
MCALLEN, Texas, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd. (“McAllen Surgical”) is providing notice of an incident that could affect the privacy of information of certain employees and patients for whom it provided medical care. While McAllen Surgical is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of this information, McAllen Surgical takes this incident…
CT: Wiggin and Dana law firm discloses ransomware attack
A Connecticut law firm is disclosing a breach that is still under investigation. The firm claims that it was in July that they received confirmation of data access. They do not reveal when the attack actually occurred or when it was first detected. DataBreaches.net has written to the firm to ask for clarification on the…