So I had missed this item from the Journal Star on March 8th: The Illinois Valley Podiatry Group, 3322 W. Willow Knolls Drive, has announced that it has became aware of unauthorized access to its computer records, believed to have taken place last year. The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of patients may have…
Category: Health Data
IE: Patient documents must have ‘blown out of’ doctor’s hand
The Dundalk Democrat reports: Councillor Tomás Sharkey has hit out at the latest breach of patient privacy in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. “Last week patients and their families received calls from management of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. The call was to apologise for the fact that personal files, found in a public place…
Hackers Seek Ransom From Two More California Hospitals
Chad Terhune reports: Hackers demanded a ransom from two more Southern California hospitals last week and federal authorities are investigating the case. Prime Healthcare Services Inc., a fast-growing national hospital chain, said the attackers infiltrated computer servers on Friday at two of its California hospitals, Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino and Desert Valley Hospital…
NY: Treasure trove of Grand Street Medical Associates patient data exposed and indexed
Grand Street Medical Associates is a multi-disciplinary practice in Kingston, New York. At some point, what appears to be a vast amount of their patients’ protected health information was left exposed on an unsecured FTP server. The leak was discovered by a security researcher, who notified GSMA and then contacted DataBreaches.net on March 12. According…
Bozeman Health clerical snafu causes concern
Belgrade News reports: A clerical error occurred in a letter sent by Bozeman Health announcing the retirement of gastrointestinal physican Dr. Steven Shaneyfelt on Feb. 19, the agency reported. Patient names were not correctly matched with patient addresses, which resulted in 1,124 people receiving a letter with another name posted. Concerns arose regarding personal information…
KY: Ransomware incident at Methodist Hospital in Henderson (update2)
On March 15, Jessica Gavin reported: A cyber security breach, striking Methodist Hospital in Henderson. We’re learning the FBI is investigating this right now, but there’s some good news. [….] David Park, COO of Methodist, tells 14 NEWS the hackers have copied patients records and locked those copies. They’ve deleted the originals. “We’ve notified the FBI,…