ABC23 reports: Fast Health in Tehachapi is reporting a security breach that could affect over 700 of their patients. The business says a third-party altered a code on their server, stealing the credit card information of close to 700 customers who paid bills online from January 14, 2016 to December 20, 2016. Medical information was…
Category: Health Data
Ca: Website hack exposed Prairie Mountain Health patients’ personal, medical info
The Brandon Sun reports: Personal and medical information of more than 1,000 Prairie Mountain Health patients are at risk after an internal website was hacked. The regional health authority, in a statement Friday, said they do not believe the intent of the hack was to access personal information, but conceded they cannot exclude the possibility…
Health, personal records of 2,500 Arizona families with newborns lost
Ken Alltucker reports: State health officials have warned 2,500 individuals and families with newborns that a box containing sensitive health, financial and personal information has been lost in the mail. The Arizona Department of Health Services said its newborn-screening program gathered the information for billing purposes. The misplaced records may include health information for children tested in…
Beacon Health System notifies 1,200 patients of employee wrong-doing
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – May 26, 2017 – Although unaware of any actual or attempted fraudulent misuse of patient information, Beacon Health System (“Beacon”) is notifying approximately 1,200 patients that records were accessed without proper authorization by a former employee. What Happened? After an audit of an employee access to medical records, Beacon discovered, on…
AU: Melbourne hospital in hot water as patients’ confidential medical records found on train
Aneeka Simonis reports: A Melbourne hospital has apologised after the confidential medical records of more than a dozen patients were found on a train. The Herald Sun understands the privacy breach, at the Northern Hospital in Epping, involved 16 patients. The documents, found recently on a South Morang line train, included patients’ names, home addresses, contact…
MolinaHealthcare.com Exposed Patient Records
Brian Krebs reports: Earlier this month, KrebsOnSecurity featured a story about a basic security flaw in the Web site of medical diagnostics firm True Health Group that let anyone who was logged in to the site view all other patient records. In that story I mentioned True Health was one of three major healthcare providers with…