Matthew Braga, Lori Ward, Andrew Culbert report: The detailed medical histories and contact information of possibly tens of thousands of home-care patients in Ontario are allegedly being held for ransom by thieves who recently raided the computer systems of a health-care provider. CarePartners, which provides home medical care services on behalf of the Ontario government,…
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Ca: Personal information of 3 QEH patients compromised by employee: P.E.I. Privacy Commissioner
Steve Bruce reports: An employee at Charlottetown’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital inappropriately accessed the private health information of three patients, according to a new report published by P.E.I.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. Commissioner Karen Rose’s report on the privacy breach and how it was handled follows a complaint last summer to Health PEI by one of the patients, and a subsequent…
LabCorp hacked? Investigation under way (UPDATED)
Ryan Parry reports: Hackers breached the network of one of the largest clinical laboratories in America sparking fears of a major cyber security breach, DailyMail.com can reveal. According to a company insider senior managers were informed that the entire computer network of LabCorp, a Fortune 500 company, was shut down across the US Sunday morning…
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center- Cole notifies patients of personal data breach
The Wellsville Daily reports: UPMC Cole has notified 790 patients treated at UPMC Cole that their personal information may have been inappropriately accessed. […] As a result of UPMC Cole’s internal investigation, it was determined that there were two phishing attacks (e-mails sent from an external source that look like they are from a trusted…
TX: Hunt Regional Medical Center Notifies Patients of Possible Breach Due to Hack of Employee Email
This breach notification is dated June 29, but just appeared on HHS’s breach tool today with that submission date to them. Hunt Regional Medical Center Notifies Patients of Data Security Incident Greenville – Hunt Memorial Hospital District (“Hunt”) has notified patients of a data security incident that took place last month. On May 1, 2018,…
Tennessee hospice notifying patients whose information was accessed after employees fell for phishing attacks
Alive Hospice in Tennessee is notifying patients whose personal and protected health information were in employee emails that were accessed by an unknown person or persons beginning on December 20, 2017 and again on April 5, 2018 after two employees fell prey to phishing attacks. The attacks were discovered on May 15, 2018. Here is…