There’s an update to a 2017 breach affecting patients of Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause. At the time, they reported a hack of a third-party server that impacted more than 14,000 patients. Today, the state of New Jersey announced a settlement in their enforcement action against the entity: NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J….
Category: Health Data
Under the media radar…
Here are just a few more breach reports that reveal medical or health information. The following may not be HIPAA-covered entities or may not show up on HHS’s public breach tool even if they are covered (because of the number impacted): Lion Street Financial in Texas recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office about…
ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics notifies approximately 350,000 patients after ransomware incident
Quest-owned ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics, Inc. has notified approximately 350,000 patients whose data may have been accessed in a ransomware attack on Aug 8. The attack by unnamed threat actors was discovered on August 10, and Reprosource quickly severed all network connection activity and contained the incident. Although they have no evidence that any protected health…
San Juan Regional Medical Center updates its breach disclosure
On June 17, 2021, this site noted a breach involving San Juan Regional Medical Center that had been reported to HHS and posted on the entity’s web site. According to their notification on June 4, the breach occurred September 7-8, 2020, and the threat actor exfiltrated data at that time. In April, 2021, they allegedly…
Oregon Eye Specialists, PC notifies patients after email breach
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Oregon Eye Specialists, PC announces a data incident that may have impacted a limited number of individuals’ information. On August 10, 2021, Oregon Eye Specialists, PC identified unusual activity in an email account. An investigation determined that an individual accessed certain accounts between June 29, 2021 and August 31, 2021. Therefore, Oregon Eye Specialists, PC is reviewing the contents of…
Hacker arrested in France for theft of COVID-19 tests for 1.4 million Parisians
An update to a previously reported data breach. Catalin Cimpanu reports: French police have detained a 22-year-old suspect on the accusation of breaching a Paris hospital, stealing, and then leaking the COVID-19 test results of more than 1.4 million patients. The suspect, whose name was not released by authorities, was arrested on Wednesday, October 6,…