For reasons I can’t begin to fathom, this one was sitting in ‘drafts’ and never got posted. Oops. AP reports: Providence Health & Services in Oregon is notifying about 5,400 current and former patients that a former employee may have improperly accessed their patient records. Providence said in a statement Friday that it learned of…
Category: Health Data
MO: A second TheDarkOverlord target confirms hack (updated)
In the past 24 hours, two of TheDarkOverlord’s targets have publicly acknowledged breaches previously reported by this site. Yesterday, it was the Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia who issued a public statement (previous coverage). Today, it’s a group of clinics in Farmington, Missouri (previous coverage). Daily Journal Online reports: The medical group which includes Midwest…
TX: StarCare Specialty Health System notifies patients after burglar snatches laptop, paper files
From the notice on their web site: StarCare Specialty Health System is in the process of notifying individuals regarding an unauthorized disclosure of protected health information. The breach of confidential information may have affected nearly 2,900 individuals who received Intellectual Developmental Disabilities program services, Behavioral Health program services, and Therapeutic Treatment Community services from StarCare…
Two Oklaloosa County paramedics facing charges in “selfie” competition using patients
Samantha Read reports: The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a former paramedic and, and another one turned himself in after warrants were issued for his arrest regarding a “selfie” war using patients in ambulances, some of whom were unconscious. Former Okaloosa County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Kayla Renee Dubois, 24, of Navarre, is charged…
Ca: King’s counselling department breaches students’ privacy
Amy O’Kruk reports: A King’s staff member accidentally breached hundreds of students’ privacy when an email outed the list of students currently using King’s counselling department services for academic accommodation. The privacy breach happened after a King’s University College staff member emailed 451 students to remind them to book appointments at King’s Counselling and Student…
Athens Orthopedic Clinic to begin notifying patients of hack (UPDATE2)
On June 26, this site reported that a database with almost 397,000 patient records was up for sale on the dark net. I subsequently tentatively identified the entity as Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia, but they never officially confirmed that it was their data, noting only that they were investigating and had only first found…