James McLeod reports: A former employee of Eastern Health alleged to have improperly accessed the personal health information of a number of patients has been charged under the province’s Personal Health Information Act. The charges were announced today by Information and Privacy Commissioner Donovan Molloy. The first appearance on the matter is set for Feb….
Category: Health Data
CoPilot Provider Support Services notifies 220,000 of data security breach in 2015
UPDATE: As of January 24, CoPilot continues to ignore inquiries sent by this site asking for explanations of why it took so long to notify/disclose this breach. But I see a lot of commenters asking this site/me for information. I don’t have any information to share with you other than what is in the post…
OCR settles charges against MAPFRE Life Insurance for $2.2 million
As breaches go, the theft of a USB drive with ePHI on 2,209 insurance members doesn’t sound like a lot, but The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced a settlement with MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico because of what they found when they investigated the breach…
Confidential medical documents from Sainte-Justine Hospital leaked
Pasquale Turbide reports: Officials at Sainte-Justine Hospital are working to resolve a privacy breach after a pediatrician leaked confidential documents to a media outlet before taking his own life. According to Radio-Canada, Dr. Alain Sirard sent a USB key last December to Québécor that contained confidential documents, such as excerpts of medical files and reports…
Sentara notifies 5000+ patients after breach at vendor
WAVY reports: A cyber security breach at a third party vendor for Sentara Healthcare has compromised the records of over 5,000 patients. The incident involves 5,454 vascular and thoracic patients seen between 2012 and 2015 at Sentara hospitals in Virginia. Read more on WAVY. The vendor was not named, nor were many details about the nature of the…
UK: Trojan malware blamed for cyberattack at Barts Health NHS hospitals
Danny Palmer reports that trojan malware has been blamed for the cyberattack against Barts Health NHS Trust, which had been noted previously on this site. The Trust had disclosed that they originally suspected ransomware had infected its system, but had ruled that out. The method of infection is either still not known or they’re not…