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DCH Healthcare Systems pays hacker to end ransomware attack

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Dissent

Pat Duggins reports a follow-up on the DCH Hospital system ransomware incident that resulted in the hospitals turning patients away: The DCH Hospital system in west central Alabama may be accepting new patients as soon as Monday after resolving a ransomware attack. The Associated Press and the Tuscaloosa News report the three-hospital network paid a…

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LA: Humana notifying some Lafayette customers of possible involvement in privacy breach

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Dissent

The Advocate reports: Humana is notifying about 500 Lafayette customers that their information may have been included in a former employee’s solicitations. In December, Humana terminated a sales agent for violating company policy by emailing his Humana client list to his personal email account. After he was fired, the company says they believe he shared…

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St. Mary’s Hospital Still Won’t Say Whether It Notified Patients Of ‘Wall Of Shame’

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Dissent

Erin Rhoda reports: Since news broke this week that employees at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston created a “wall of shame” of patients with disabilities in 2015 and 2016, the hospital’s parent companies have issued an apology and said those involved were disciplined. But they have been silent on steps they may have taken to notify regulators…

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Data Breach Exposes Information Of Thousands Of Patients

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Dissent

Feroze Dhanoa reports: Hackers gained access to some UAB Medicine employee email accounts exposing the protected health information of 20,000 patients, the hospital said this week. UAB Medicine is notifying the affected patients that their information could have potentially been seen by the hackers. Read more on Patch

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“Vanda the God” claims — without any proof — to have medical details on 1 million New Zealanders for sale (Updated)

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Dissent

Melissa Lemieux reports: A hacker working under the name Vanda The God claims to have breached the database of Tū Ora Compass Health and has offered the medical details of 1 million New Zealanders for sale on Twitter, according to the Canterbury, New Zealand Star-News. The massive hack has left the Ministry of Health unsure…

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Ca: Edmonton medical clinic employee fined after admitting to health data breaches

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Dissent

Canadian Press reports: An office assistant has been fined for snooping into two people’s health records while she was an employee at an Edmonton medical clinic. Glenda Garcia admitted in provincial court last week that she looked at the data on numerous occasions without a valid reason. Garcia, who was fined a total of just over $4,000, is no longer…

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