WTXL reports: Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare is releasing more information regarding a cybersecurity event that happened this past January. A spokesperson told WTXL ABC 27 they were recently notified that a previous vendor TMH used had experienced a cybersecurity event involving unauthorized access to data, including certain patient information. TMH says its current electronic health record…
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IMPACT: 170 patients harmed as a result of Qilin’s ransomware attack on NHS vendor Synnovis
PA News Agency reports that as a result of the attack, more than 10,000 appointments were cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected, and a significant number of GP practices in London were unable to order blood tests for their patients. Now the Health Service Journal (HSJ) [paywalled] has reported that…
UBS reports data leak after cyber attack on provider, client data unaffected
Chain IQ said it and 19 other companies had been the target of a cyber-attack resulting in a data leak that was published online on the darknet. CNA reports: Swiss bank UBS on Wednesday said it had suffered a data leak due to a cyber attack against one of its providers, but that no client…
Episource notifying 5.4 million patients of cyberattack in January
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,…
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…