WWNY reports: Two north country hospitals have been targeted in a cyber attack, but officials say there appears to be no breach of patient information. Officials say Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg discovered the incident Thursday at approximately 6 p.m. As a precaution, the emergency rooms at Carthage and Claxton…
Category: Health Data
HHS Security Risk Assessment Tool Version 3.4 and Webinars
From HHS OCR: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are hosting two webinars for the release of version 3.4 of the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool. This tool is designed to aid small…
MS: Singing River Health System still recovering from recent cyberattack
Harper Robinson reports: Surgeries delayed, prescriptions needing to be written by hand, and some patients being transferred to other hospitals. These are all affects of the recent cyberattack at Singing River Health System. “We still deliver great patient care,” said Dr. Randy Roth, Singing River Chief Medical Officer. “It’s a little bit slower. For us…
AZ: Data breach could affect more than 100,000 in Pima County
Jamie Donnelly reports on yet more people affected by the MOVEit breach: More than 100,000 Pima County residents could be affected by a nationwide data breach that affected the company that handled COVID-19 case investigations and contact tracing here, officials say. The company, Maximus Health Services Inc., notified the county earlier this month that data…
Prime Therapeutics/Magellan Rx discloses HIPAA breach
Prime Therapeutics administers prescription drug benefits and is a diversified pharmacy solutions organization serving health plans, employers and government programs. It is owned by 19 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, subsidiaries or affiliates of those plans. Magellan Rx Management, one of their companies, serves public sector state government programs. According to a press release…
Forever 21 notifies 540,000 of breach affecting employees enrolled in firm’s health plan
In 2017, fashion retailer Forever 21 experienced a malware attack on its card payment system that compromised customers’ payment cards. The breach was an embarrassment on a number of levels because the attacker had access to their system for about 7 months, and Forever 21 did not seem to have discovered the breach on their…