John Murawski reports: UNC Health Care is notifying 24,000 patients about a potential security breach at a UNC dermatology practice in Burlington. UNC said Friday that personal patient information was contained on a hard drive of a laptop computer that was stolen from UNC Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center in October. The absence of the…
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Sinai Health System notifies 11,350 patients after phishing incident
Ally Marotti reports: At least two employees at Sinai Health System had their email accounts compromised in a phishing incident, potentially affecting the information of 11,350 people. The seven-member hospital system said in a statement Thursday that it cannot confirm whether any patient information in the email accounts was viewed. However, there is a low…
Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS data hacked, encrypted with ransomware
Parker Perry reports: The Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS station is without years of data after its server was breached and encrypted with ransomware. Chief Elmer Beard said the virus was found in August and the department has tried to work out solutions to get the information unencrypted. The hackers demanded payment for the…
Glen Head couple charged with identity theft in health insurance fraud case
We all know that medical identity theft to acquire treatment services is a risk, and that commingling of medical records could pose a real danger to patients, but you don’t read about that many actual instances. Here’s one out of New York, as reported by Amelia Camurati: A Glen Head couple was arrested last week for…
Private data on Gloucestershire hospital patients transferred to America by mistake
Matt Discombe reports: Private patient data held by Gloucestershire hospitals was mistakenly uploaded to a server in the USA due to problems with its new electronic record system. Information on 56 patients held by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had been erroneously copied onto the server in October. The records, which included ‘identifiable sensitive data’…
Henry Ford Health System Warns 18,470 Patients Of Data Breach
CBS reports: Roughly 18,500 patients at Henry Ford Health System have possibly had their personal information stolen in a data breach. Officials say the breach was discovered in early October after the email credentials of a group of employees were stolen, which gave the thief access to patients’ records. Read more on CBS.