Sarah Motter reports: TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – News today from Stormont Vail CEO Dr. Robert Kenagy that their internal vaccine scheduling website was shared outside of their health system. Dr. Kenagy said that it appears as though an employee(s) shared the online vaccine scheduling program with people outside of Stormont Vail. In an email to…
Category: Health Data
Data, Privacy, Pandemic: India just had the Biggest Medical Records Breach Ever
Oommen C. Kurian writes: Public debate this week has been dominated by how WhatsApp compromises personal data and privacy, and the pros and cons of its competitors. On 5 January, there was a story on a technology portal about how details of COVID-19 test results of tens of thousands of patients were leaked on the net through…
Jefferson Healthcare hit by ‘phishing’ cyber attack
Brian Kelley reports: The personal information of roughly 2,550 people was compromised by a “phishing” attack on the email account of an employee at Jefferson Healthcare, the organization announced Monday. The information stolen may have included the full names of individuals, as well as their dates of birth, phone numbers, home addresses, and health insurance…
“Without Undue Delay,” Part 2
If you follow the news on how lucrative ransomware attacks are, you have probably read how the Ryuk threat actors have made an estimated $150 million, and how Egregor threat actors are also doing a lot of damage. Neither group focuses solely on the healthcare sector, but recent reports by Check Point and Fortified Health…
TT: West Shore launches probe after technician’s post on PM’s health
Darlisa Ghouralal reports: West Shore Private Hospital has launched an investigation into an apparent breach of patient confidentiality following a post by a cardiac technologist regarding the medical care of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. […] The post by the technologist, an employee of Cardiovascular Associates Limited (CVA) who is also a part-time independent contractor…
Leon Medical Centers issues statement about ransomware attack
Leon Medical Centers (LMC) in Florida has issued a press release about the ransomware attack it experienced, and that DataBreaches.net has reported previously. In our most recent report, we noted that Conti threat actors had dumped protected health information for numerous patients, while claiming that they still had more files from Leon that they would dump….