Stephen Borowy reports that Covenant HealthCare has been notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a data breach that occurred last May 4 when threat actor(s) accessed two employee email accounts. According to a forensics investigation and document review, the hospital learned on Dec. 21 that the impacted email accounts were accessed on May 4….
Category: Health Data
Arch Family Dentistry Office Managers Charged with Healthcare Fraud
HAMMOND- Justyn Arch, age 34, and Trystan Arch, age 31 both of Valparaiso, Indiana were charged with healthcare fraud by way of a single count Grand Jury Indictment which was unsealed today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell. According to documents in this case, Arch Complete Family Dentistry, with offices located in Chesterton, Crown…
Jamaica’s Amber Group fixes second JamCOVID security lapse
Zack Whittaker reports: Amber Group has fixed a second security lapse that exposed private keys and passwords for the government’s JamCOVID app and website. A security researcher told TechCrunch on Sunday that the Amber Group left a file on the JamCOVID website by mistake, which contained passwords that would have granted access to the backend…
Fake whistleblower sentenced to federal prison for trying to frame a former acquaintance for violating patient privacy
This is a bit different. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia: A Rincon man who portrayed himself as a whistleblower while falsely accusing a former acquaintance of violating patient privacy has been sentenced to federal prison. Jeffrey Parker, 44, of Rincon, Ga., was sentenced to six months in prison by U.S. District…
PA: Colonial Park Realty Co t/a Enders Notifies Customers of Data Breach
Colonial Park Realty Co. (Enders Insurance) issued a press release about a data breach that occurred last April when an employee’s email account was compromised. The breach was discovered on May 7, 2020, and they have been investigating since then, it seems, to find out who was impacted. Enders claims that they are notifying “in…
Florida: Personal and Prescription Information Found on Side of Road
Heather Crawford reports that First Coast News has been investigating papers found on the side of the road in St. Johns County. The papers, that included a prescription bag with prescription records and a nursing home’s information, appeared to come from a luxury senior living community in Jacksonville. “The pharmacy name on everything is Guardian…