As posted on the hospital’s web site on August 15: Virginia Gay Hospital Notifies Patients of Security Incident Vinton, Iowa (August 15, 2019) – Virginia Gay Hospital has become aware of a data security incident that may have resulted in the disclosure of the personal information of its patients. Virginia Gay Hospital immediately investigated the…
Category: Health Data
Grays Harbor Community Hospital and Harbor Medical Group notifying 85,000 patients of ransomware incident; Not all EMR have been recovered
Back in July, this site noted a media report about a ransomware attack on Grays Harbor Community Hospital. At the time, and although the incident had first been reported in the media on June 19, the hospital was still not disclosing a lot of details. Yesterday, the hospital issued a formal notice about the breach,…
FL: NCH Healthcare System investigating impact of phishing attack
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…
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…