Samantha Ehlinger reports: The Institute for Women’s Health warned patients that hackers may have stolen some of their personal information or credit or debit card data, the physicians’ group said Thursday. The San Antonio OBGYN practice said a so-called keylogger virus was installed on its network on June 5. The virus was discovered July 6…
Category: Health Data
Pacific Alliance Medical Center notifies 266,123 patients of ransomware incident
From their web site, the following breach notification. According to their report to HHS, 266,123 patients were notified. Notice of Data Breach At Pacific Alliance Medical Center (PAMC), we understand that the confidentiality and security of medical and personal information is critically important, and we are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this post…
UK: Anonymous hacker claims to have stolen the NHS medical records of 1.2million Brits
Shaun Wooler reports: A computer geek with alleged links to global hacking group Anonymous has stolen patient data from an NHS appointment booking system. The crook breached a private contractor’s security to access a database containing confidential records on up to 1.2million people. SwiftQueue is paid by eight NHS trusts to manage a website, through…
OSHA Suspends ITA Due to Security Breach
Tressi L. Cordaro of Jackson Lewis writes: On Monday we blogged about the availability of the new OSHA Injury Tracking Application (“ITA”) that serves as the web portal for the submission of injury and illness information (300 Logs, 301 Forms and 300A Forms) under OSHA’s “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” rule (aka Electronic Recordkeeping…
AU: Perth woman wants PathWest employee ‘sacked’ for revealing records
David Allan-Petale reports: A Perth woman is calling for a female PathWest employee to be “summarily dismissed” after revealing she released confidential medical test results to a man they had both been in a relationship with. The woman, calling herself Suzanne to protect her identity, spoke to 6PR’s Gareth Parker on Tuesday and said around eighteen months…
UK: Medical records of Norfolk patients found in a petrol station, a King’s Lynn restaurant and on the pavement
Tom Bristow reports: The region’s hospitals have dismissed staff and said they are tightening up how they look after patients records in the wake of the breaches. More than 650 data protection incidents were reported in the region’s NHS trusts last year, according to data obtained by this newspaper through the Freedom of Information Act….