Deanna Weniger reports: Ramsey County government offices have been hacked … again. On Friday, the county sent a notification to 8,700 clients of its Family Health Division letting them know that their data may have been accessed on or around Dec. 2. Netgain Technology LLC, a vendor that provides technology services to Ramsey County, advised the county…
Category: Health Data
Another medical facility added to LSU Health Care Services Division HIPAA breach
As Louisiana State University Health Care kept investigating, they found more of their affiliated entities were impacted. WDSU reports: Another medical facility has been added to a cyber intrusion that happened at LSU Health New Orleans Health Care Services Division. The breach was first reported back in November. LSU HCSD has since become aware that…
False Statements and Concealment of Material Information by VA Information Technology Staff
Title: False Statements and Concealment of Material Information by VA Information Technology Staff Report Number: 17-01980-201 Download Report Issue Date: 1/28/2021 City/State: VA Office: Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Report Author: Office of Special Review Report Type: Investigative Review Release Type: Unrestricted Summary: The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an administrative investigation…
GA: Crisp Regional Health Services falls victim to ransomware attack
Kim McCullough and Bobby Poitevint report: Crisp Regional Health Services was recently the victim of a ransomware attack, which affected some of the systems and encrypted files, according to a release from the hospital. “Workflow was never compromised, patient care was never compromised,” said Brooke Marshall, the community relations and foundation director. Officials said they…
Florida Healthy Kids website breached; vendor blamed for not patching
What’s that feeling when you learn your web hosting vendor for the past 7 years had unpatched vulnerabilities that permitted thousands of individuals’ personal information to be accessed without authorization? Nausea? Disgust? Something else? Florida Healthy Kids Corporation posted a notice on their site about an incident that they attribute to Jelly Bean Communications Design. …
Ca: Pharmacist Fined for Breaching Health Information
Looks like I missed this announcement from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta on January 19: An Edmonton-based pharmacist received a $5,000 fine, plus a $1,000 victim fine surcharge, on Friday, Jan. 15 for using health information in contravention of the Health Information Act (HIA). Stanislaus Soosai accessed and used the health information…