Youth Development, Inc. in New Mexico (YDI) describes itself as the largest community and family based agency in New Mexico. They offer services in early childhood education, mental and behavioral health, education, employment, and career training. From the statistics they provide about children in New Mexico, their services appear to be sorely needed. Sadly, however,…
Category: Phishing
IvyRehab reports data security breach after employee email accounts compromised
Update: This incident was subsequently reported to HHS as affecting 125,000 patients. Lee News reports: BLOOMINGTON — Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy, which has locations in Bloomington, Decatur and Clinton, has reported a data security breach and offering free credit monitoring to concerned patients. […] In May, the company discovered some employee email accounts may have…
CAH Holdings issues notice after employee email accounts compromised
What follows is a somewhat unsatisfactory notice. It does not indicate when the email accounts were compromised. It does not indicate when the firm first discovered it or how they discovered it. It does not indicate how many people are being notified by them. It does not explain to patients why a holdings firm has…
Medical supply firm notifies patients after phishing incident
Updated Nov. 20: This incident was reported to HHS as impacting 114007 patients. Original post: Solara Medical Supplies, LLC in Chula Vista, California is notifying some of their patients and employees after discovering that attackers had successfully gained access to some employees’ email accounts that contained employee and patient information. According to a press release…
The University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill School of Medicine Notifying Patients After 2018 Phishing Incident
Some readers may have trouble accessing a notice from the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill due to an issue with Chrome, so I’m embedding the whole notification below. TL;DR version: some employees fell for a phishing attack and their email accounts may have been accessed between May 17,…
CT: Starling Physicians Warns Patients of Data Breach
NBC reports: According to an announcement released Tuesday, Starling was the target of a cyber-phishing attack on February 8. When the Connecticut-based healthcare group learned of the breach, they secured the affected email accounts and hired a forensic security firm. On September 12, investigation found that the email accounts affected by the attack contained information…