Pedes Orange County, Inc. in California shares their medical facility with another medical group that conducts surgical procedures. To coordinate, it seems that they share a scheduling tool with other medical professionals in their building. Somehow – and it’s not yet clear to me how this happened in terms of access controls – a physician…
Category: Health Data
Ca: Dark family secrets: Anonymous letter uncovers child welfare records
Here’s a news report of an insider privacy breach in Canada that is just…. awful. That is has resulted in severe psychological harm and trauma to one of those impacted is not surprising. The incident, which you can read about here, involves records that are more than 30 years old that appear to have been…
CareFirst makes final push for Supreme Court to hear breach case
Jessica Davis reports: Maryland-based CareFirst has filed a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its data breach case, arguing that without a high court review, companies in every sector will be hit with a “flood” of data breach lawsuits in the future. The appeal stems from a decision by the U.S. Court…
CY: Hospitals must digitise patients’ records, nearly 100 files missing, data watchdog says
Andrea Kades reports: Nicosia general hospital has lost 94 patient medical records since 2016 that are nowhere to be found, personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Thursday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, she said this posed a serious risk and as outlined in the latest audit report for the…
A second Indiana hospital reports ransomware attack
Another hospital has been hit with ransomware. Angelica Robinson reports that a second Indiana hospital has been hit with ransomware. Adams Health Network, which runs Adams Memorial Hospital, has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted some of its computer servers on Thursday, January 11. Ransomware is a malicious software designed to block access to a computer…
‘Professional’ hack on Norwegian health authority compromises data of three million patients
Sooraj Shah reports: Hackers have breached the systems of Norway’s Health South East RHF, with nearly three million patients’ data potentially compromised as a result. Health South-East is responsible for the counties of Østfold, Akershus, Oslo, Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Vestfold, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. The breach was announced on Monday by the authority after it had…