Liz Freeman reports: The NCH Healthcare System is investigating a data security breach in which an unauthorized entity gained access to some employees’ email accounts, according to hospital officials. NCH became aware June 14 of suspicious activity related to its payroll system and launched an investigation. Read more on Naples Daily News. NCH’s notice on their…
Category: Health Data
Healthcare entities continue to be targeted: eye care provider in Ohio hit with ransomware, dental practice in Minnesota reports cyberattack
I wonder if HHS will need to take on more staff to deal with all the HIPAA breaches being disclosed this year. In July alone, this blogger logged approximately 65 reports on my worksheet, although a number of them were all reporting on a few business associate breaches. In any event, there are a lot…
WA: Aberdeen hospital’s computers struck by ransomware hack attack
KOMO in Washington reports on a ransomware incident originally discovered in June, and first mentioned in the media on July 24. A ransomware attack by hackers has scrambled data on computer systems at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, including patient health information, officials said Wednesday. The attack, which is designed to block the hospital’s…
Ca: Clients notified of privacy breach at Child and Family Services
Brian Higgins reports about an incident on Prince Edward Island: Some clients of Child and Family Services on P.E.I. have been notified by registered letter of a security breach involving their personal information. The letter, dated Aug. 6, was sent by the Department of Social Housing and Development to clients whose electronic files were affected. The…
Ugh. Amazon buckets with 1.8 million pharmacy-related files and 1.2 million telemarketing recordings about diabetic supplies found unsecured
Copies of fax cover letters from three pharmacies found exposed in an unsecured Amazon s3 bucket Faxes reveal patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth and their medications and doctors’ names Audio recordings in the second unsecured bucket reveals marketers claiming to represent firms that do not appear to exist as they try to get consumers…
NV: Renown Health warns lost thumb drive could put some patient information at risk
James DeHaven reports: Northern Nevada’s largest health care provider is still looking for a thumb drive containing patient information that first went missing in June. Renown Health on Friday announced it was mailing letters to patients whose information may have been stored on the data storage device. An unnamed Renown employee first reported the thumb…