Slater Teague reports: Ballad Health says an employee has been fired for accessing patients’ records without an appropriate reason to do so. The health system says it learned of the data breach on May 28. According to Ballad, the former employee viewed patients’ records, accessing both demographic and clinical information. Read more on WJHL.
Category: Health Data
Samsam infected thousands of LabCorp systems via brute force RDP
Steve Ragan reports: LabCorp, one of the largest clinical labs in the U.S., said the Samsam ransomware attack that forced their systems offline was contained quickly and didn’t result in a data breach. However, in the brief time between detection and mitigation, the ransomware was able to encrypt thousands of systems and several hundred production…
New England Dermatology creates new protocol after improper patient records disposal
Amy Phillips reports: New England Dermatology, P.C., d/b/a New England Dermatology and Laser Center (“NEDLC”), is reporting that paper records containing health information of patients who were seen at their Northampton office during a period from approximately June 10, 2013 to May 23, 2018 were discarded without first being shredded. NEDLC self-reported the lapse in appropriate waste…
New York State investigating ‘inappropriate’ Snapchat posts made by workers at Canandaigua nursing home
WROC reports: The New York State Department of Health is looking into posts shared on Snapchat by staff at Canandaigua nursing home MM Ewing Continuing Care. In a statement, a spokesman from the state Department of Health says, “We are investigating concerns related to an alleged violation of resident’s rights at MM Ewing Continuing Care….
Ruben U. Carvajal, MD Provides Notice to Individuals of Data Security Event
Ruben U. Carvajal, MD recently discovered an incident that may impact certain Ruben U. Carvajal, MD patient information. On January 3, 2018, Dr. Carvajal received a report that certain Ruben U. Carvajal, MD patient information may have been accessible on the internet. Upon receiving this report, Dr. Carvajal initiated an internal investigation and contacted the…
Sunspire Health notifying patients after employee email accounts accessed in phishing attack
Joseph Goedert reports: Sunspire Health, a nationwide network of addiction treatment facilities, is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals and offering them credit and identity monitoring services after several employee email accounts were accessed in a phishing attack. While the size of the Sunspire attack is not yet publicly known, the incident soon will be…