This is reportedly all resolved by now, but on April 25, Becker’s Hospital Review reported that dozens of hospitals affiliated with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were experiencing IT outages after data storage linked to their Oracle Health EHRs was accidentally deleted: The hospitals have reverted to paper for patient records, with the issue expected…
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Investigators don’t know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft order on abortion case
The Associated Press reports: Investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday that the leak of a Wisconsin Supreme Court abortion order last year was likely deliberate, but they were unable to determine who was responsible. The June leak of a draft order showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood, which is seeking to declare…
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
DataBreaches has signed the letter, too, and encourages others to sign it. The administration’s attempts to censor honest reporting just because it disagrees with their political agenda and revenge campaign must stop. April 28 – SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump Administration must cease its politically motivated investigation of former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…
High Court rules landlord entitled to additional £6m indemnity from insurance broker after data breach
Matilda Battersby reports: A housing association’s broker has been found liable for “breach of duty” in a landmark High Court judgment. Watford Community Housing (WCH) brought a professional negligence claim against Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers for failing to make “timely notifications” of a data breach to one of three of its insurers. Deputy High…
DOGE Sued Over Record Keeping, Failing to Reply to FOIA Requests
If breaches or insider wrongdoing by DOGE employees are suspected, DOGE’s alleged failure to maintain and make transparent required records makes investigation nearly impossible or actually impossible. Mallory Culhane reports: The Department of Government Efficiency and top Trump administration officials are being sued over the agency’s alleged violations of federal record-keeping and transparency laws. DOGE…
Blue Shield of California shared the health data of 4.7 million people with Google for years
Jonathan Greig reports: The sensitive healthcare information of millions in the U.S. has been leaked through data breaches that multiple insurance companies, clinics, hospitals and more reported recently. The largest involves Blue Shield of California, which informed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of an incident impacting 4.7 million people. In breach notification…