The following press release provides an update to a case previously noted on this site: A Texas man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients with long-term incurable…
Category: Health Data
UK: Aneurin Bevan health board: Theft impacting patient enquiries
Jonathon Hill reports: The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board says it is struggling to respond to patient enquiries after theft of important equipment from one of its sites. In a statement the health board has said: “Due to a break in at one of our premises last night, our Trauma and Orthopaedic Outpatients team is…
School system mistakenly releases names of students, staff with COVID
Jim McConnell reports: The local school system failed to properly redact personal information from a document requested through the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, inadvertently releasing to a parent last week the names of all Chesterfield County Public Schools students and employees who have reported testing positive for COVID-19. Chesterfield resident Grace Olsen, the mother…
Ransomware ‘bull’s eye’ grows, clouding telehealth’s rise in long-term care
Kimberly Mersalas reports: Even as COVID-19 and its emphasis on telehealth have opened providers to greater cybersecurity risks, insurance policies that offer potential protection are becoming more expensive, and in some cases, harder to get. Insurers are issuing 25% to 50% premium increases this year, reflecting a large number of ransomware payouts over the last…
FR: The Grésivaudan clinic victim of a cyberattack
Redaction Grenoble reports (translation): The computers of the Grésivaudan clinic, in La Tronche ( Isère ) have been stopped since Friday, April 17, 2021 . “We are on a break, we can not do anything”, we confirm at the reception of the establishment. At issue: a cyberattack that affects at least 12 establishments of the French Student Health Foundation (Fsef), of which the Isère…
Vermont Health Connect had 10 data breaches last winter
Katie Jickling reports that there were 10 instances where individuals saw other individuals’ information when connecting to Vermont Health Connect. I wouldn’t call that 10 data breaches. It sounds more like one problem that happened to 10 people. In any event, she reports: Andrea De La Bruere, executive director of the Agency of Human Services,…