Episource, LLC, is a business associate that provides healthcare technology and solutions, specializing in medical coding, risk adjustment, and data analytics for health plans and providers. On February 6, anomalous activity in their system alerted Episource to a potential attack. In response, they shut down computer systems, initiated an investigation, called in a special team,…
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HealthEC Agrees to $5.48 Million Settlement to End Data Breach Lawsuit
Daniel Lopez reports: HealthEC LCC and its clients finally reached a settlement to resolve a class action data breach lawsuit involving a hacking incident and data breach in 2023. Analytics software vendor HealthEC, based in New Jersey, provides healthcare companies with a platform to determine high-risk patients and limitations to optimal healthcare. From July 14, 2023…
UPDATING: Credit Control Corporation denies any current breach
Update: And this is why we said “allegedly” and “unconfirmed.” CCC responded to yesterday’s inquiry with the following reply: Credit Control Corporation is not currently the subject of any data breach or security incident referenced in your message. The original post appears below for context. A seller on a forum claims to have data on 9.1…
School Districts Unaware BoardDocs Software Published Their Private Files
Mark Keierleber has an interesting and concerning update on the BoardDocs breach previously reported by DataBreaches on June 1: BoardDocs, a software tool used by thousands of school boards to track meeting minutes and store confidential information, has suffered a data breach affecting districts nationally, The 74 has learned. Records at the center of the…
Lower Merion School District says a data breach was caused by a computer glitch (1)
DataBreaches cannot read “Lower Merion School District” without recalling the “Webcamgate” scandal of 2010, when the district was discovered monitoring students remotely in their bedrooms on district-issued MacBooks. At the time, they initially denied any misuse of remote access that was part of a security feature. Now the district is back in local news in…
Update: ALN Medical Management’s Data Breach Total Soars to More than 1.8 Million Patients Affected
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: The number of people affected by a March 2024 hack on a healthcare revenue cycle management and billing services provider has soared in recent weeks to more than 1.82 million, as the company continues to file updated breach reports to state and federal regulators. ALN Medical Management, which court documents indicate…