Rachel Z. Arndt reports the latest development in litigation stemming from a 2014 data breach disclosed by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Within a year, more than 800 employees had reportedly become victims of tax refund fraud/identity theft. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week revived an employee lawsuit against UPMC stemming from a data…
Category: Health Data
Private health information leaked from University Kentucky HealthCare
Veronica Jean Seltzer reports: When you go to the hospital, you probably just want to get better. You’re likely not thinking the private information you’re giving doctors may slip out. Recently, some of that information made its way out of UK Hospital to someone who never should have seen it. That’s how ABC 36 came…
OVMC, EORH patients diverted to other hospitals after ransomware attack
Linda Comins of The Intelligencer is reporting: Emergency squad patients are being diverted away from Ohio Valley Medical Center and East Ohio Regional Hospital this weekend because the hospitals’ computer system has been attacked by Ransomware. Karin Janiszewski, director of marketing and public relations for OVMC and EORH, confirmed Saturday afternoon that a Ransomware attack…
AU: ‘Appalling’ emergency services data breach to be investigated
Matilda Boseley & Simone Fox Koob report on a breach of sensitive information in Victoria: The state government will launch an immediate investigation into an “appalling” data breach that saw personal details of emergency services staff posted to the web. The breach reportedly occurred in October and saw private details – including addresses and medical…
Tandigm Health notifying 7,000 patients after discovering vulnerability that might have exposed patient data in 2017
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Tandigm Health (Tandigm), a value-based healthcare company that supports health plans by collaborating with primary care physicians to enhance and improve patient care, announced today that it is sending letters to patients about a recent security incident involving patient information. On September 25, 2018, Tandigm discovered a potential vulnerability in…
Valley Health sending letters to 857 patients possibly affected by security breach
Valley Health is one of those affected by the recently disclosed Inova Health System breach. You can read a report on the Valley Health aspect on Winchester Star.