Michigan-based PsyGenics, Inc. provides holistic mental health services to individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On March 25, during a routine security review, they discovered that an employee had emailed files to her personal email account on March 24 — and the spreadsheet contained patients protected health information: name, diagnosis code, appointment time, and…
Category: Health Data
Indiana Court of Appeals reinstates patient’s lawsuit against a hospital for breach by employee
There’s an update on a lawsuit filed in 2018 that I knew nothing about concerning a breach that occurred in 2017 that I knew nothing about. It’s been one of those days. Thankfully, reporting by Dave Stafford of the Indiana Lawyer showed up in my searches today: A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated…
Hackers preparing to launch ransomware attacks against hospitals arrested in Romania
Some good news for a change. Catalin Cimpanu reports: Romanian law enforcement has cracked down today on a hacker group that was preparing to launch ransomware attacks on Romanian hospitals. Three hackers were arrested and had their homes searched in Romania and a fourth in the Republic of Moldova. Romanian authorities said the four were…
AKO ransomware operators put some hurt on pain management doctors
Ransomware operators known as the Maze team have been getting media attention for their influence in implementing what is being called a double extortion scheme: attackers gain access to their victim’s network, exfiltrate data, and then lock up the victim’s system with ransomware. They then demand a fee — which may be hundreds of thousands…
Elizabethtown Community Hospital Patients Lack Standing in Data Breach Row
Daniel R. Stoller has a litigation update on a case that stems from a 2018 breach affecting patients at Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Elizabethtown Community Hospital beat claims of inadequate data security protections after a federal judge in New York found that plaintiffs lacked standing. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).
Diabetes Device Supplier Solara Medical Faces Refined Claims in Data Breach Suit
Andrea Vittorio reports: A diabetes device supplier hit by a data breach in mid-2019 is facing refined fraud claims in a potential class action in California after a court took issue with the basis of some original claims. Fraud claims in the lawsuit against Solara Medical Supplies LLC, one of the largest direct-to-consumer suppliers of…