Deanna Weniger reports: An infertility clinic in Woodbury announced Friday that it was the target of a malware attack in December that may have exposed the personal information of its clients. Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates said in a press release that the malware was discovered Dec. 5. The company hired computer forensics experts, who…
Category: Health Data
SC: Roper St. Francis notifying patients after employees fall for phishing attack
Roper St. Francis posted the following notice on their web site on January 29: Roper St. Francis Healthcare values the privacy and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is regarding a recent incident that may have involved some of your information. On November 30, 2018, we learned that an unauthorized actor may have…
IN: Thousands Of Patients’ Information Compromised In Data Breach
Sierra Hignite reports: A data breach at Valley Professionals Health Care may have affected all seven of its health care locations, including their mobile site. Plus, personal information from thousands of patients has been compromised. It started when an employee received an email in late November that they believed to be from another health care organization…
PA: Some Easton Hospital patients may get compensated for data breach
Anthony Salamone reports an update to a 2014 breach: An unspecified number of Easton Hospital patients whose data were stolen by hackers in 2014 might be eligible for some compensatation. How much? It depends. Lehigh Valley residents have begun receiving notices about a court settlement involving Easton Hospital’s former owner, Community Health Systems, over the…
Ca: RCMP breached a sexual assault complainant’s personal information
Catharine Tunney reports: Someone went to the RCMP with an allegation of sexual assault — only to see their most closely-guarded private information being leaked. The force is now apologizing after the wrong label was applied to an outgoing package containing three operational files dealing with sexual assaults. Those files included a complainant’s name, date of birth, address,…
Aetna settles with California in HIV-related privacy breach
AP reports: Aetna will pay $935,000 after one of its vendors sent letters to California patients that revealed via a window on the envelopes that the recipients were taking HIV-related medications, officials said Wednesday. The settlement resolves allegations that Aetna violated state health privacy laws, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said. Nearly 2,000 Californians —…