Russell Redman 1 reported the following on September 21: COVID-19 vaccine records were stolen from an off-site vaccination clinic held by Safeway in Washington, D.C. Parent company Albertsons Cos. said Tuesday that, on Sept. 8, an employee who facilitated Safeway’s COVID vaccine clinic at the Fort Stanton Recreation Center at 1812 Erie St. SE in…
Category: Health Data
Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio notifies clients after employee email account compromsed
As I commented this week: protected health information or medical information can be found in so many breaches involving entities that may not sound “medical” to you. Today, this site is posting two such notifications. Here’s the first. BLUE ASH, OHIO, September 24, 2021 – On July 27, 2021, Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) experienced…
United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley remains publicly silent after ransomware attack
Threat actors known as Vice Society have disclosed another attack on the healthcare sector. This time, the victim is United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley in California. Lawrence Abrams of BleepingComputer reports: On August 31st, BleepingComputer was told by a source in the cybersecurity industry that United Health Centers was reeling from a…
QR codes temporarily removed from Sask. COVID-19 vaccine records due to ‘privacy breach’
Kelly Skjerven reports: QR codes are being temporarily removed from residents’ COVID-19 vaccination records due to a situation that eHealth Saskatchewan is treating as a privacy breach. A Saskatchewan government release said they were alerted to an issue downloading patient QR codes. “IT has identified that the COVID-19 vaccination records of up to 19 residents have the potential of…
Ransomware disrupts services at Coos County Family Health Services in Berlin
John Koziol reports: For the second time this year, a North Country nonprofit organization based in the city has been hit by a ransomware attack. Hackers struck the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District this spring, with the district paying an undisclosed amount to get its computer files back, while on Monday hackers targeted Coos…
Police investigating City of Helsinki data breach involving over 140 victims
The Helsinki Times reports: Helsinki police have begun a preliminary investigation into the actions of an employee of the City of Helsinki, who violated data privacy regulations by accessing the personal information of several individuals in the healthcare system without permission. In July, the City revealed that the employee, who worked in the social services and…