Bruce Corcoran reports: A Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) employee went snooping into the health records of 40 patients in recent months; they are no longer with the organization. Justin Turkington, director of human resources and occupational health and safety for the alliance, said the information breach took place over a matter of months – from…
Category: Health Data
CO: Rangely District Hospital unable to access some patient records after ransomware attack
The Herald Times reports: Rangely District Hospital (RDH) will send notices this week to patients whose records may have been involved in a ransomware attack in April 2020. According to a press release issued June 8, parts of the hospital’s computer network were attacked by ransomware, including some files containing patients’ health information and other…
FL: Cano Health Advises Patients Of Breach That Began Two Years Ago
Seen on their website: MIAMI, June 12, 2020 Cano Health, LLC, a leading population health management company and operator of primary care medical centers in Florida, is advising its patients of a privacy event that may have compromised certain personal information. The company recently learned on April 13, 2020 that three employee email accounts were accessed by…
Electronic Waveform Lab reports ransomware incident
Seen on Stockhouse: HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., June 12, /PRNewswire/ — Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. announced today it is notifying individuals of a ransomware incident that affected some of its servers that contained certain patient information. On April 11, 2020, Electronic Waveform Lab became aware of the ransomware incident affecting its computer servers. Upon learning of the incident,…
More than just health concern at coronavirus test sites: Are you exposing your personal information to security risks?
I fear that numbers on privacy breaches and data breaches stemming from COVID19 or involving COVID19 data are going to be staggering this year. Karina Elwood and Cindy Krischer Goodman report: When Elizabeth Spinelli arrived at Fort Lauderdale’s Holiday Park for a coronavirus test, a nurse handed her a form to write her name, address,…
Law-enforcement investigating possible leak of data of Armenia’s coronavirus patients
Siranush Ghazanchyan of Public Radio of Armenia reports that Armenian law enforcement is investigating reports on leaked data of coronavirus patients and their contacts. Information security and media expert Samvel Martirosyan said earlier that Azerbaijani hackers had published data of about 3,500 Armenian citizens (people infected with Covid-19 and their contacts). Like many countries, Armenia…