OS, Inc. provides revenue management (billing) services to covered entities. I recently reported on a phishing-related breach they experienced in 2018 that was first disclosed this month. As I noted in that post, their notification specifically mentioned a number of their affected clients. Their disclosure did not, however, provide a total number of patients affected,…
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American Medical Collection Agency breach impacted 200,000 patients – Gemini Advisory
A data breach involving a medical collection agency affected more than 200,000 patients who had used the firm’s online payment portal between September, 2018 and the beginning of March, 2019. At the end of February, Gemini Advisory analysts identified a Card Not Present (CNP) database that had been posted for sale in a dark web…
Vendor used by schools to register students for AP and PSAT exams left personal information of thousands students unsecured
A school contractor that provides online registration so students can sign up for AP and PSAT exams misconfigured their cloud storage, exposing students’ and parents’ personal information. A number of school districts or schools contract with a firm in Colorado called Total Registration, who, according to their web site, registered more than 525,000 students from…
Spectrum Health Lakeland notifies patients after billing vendor breach
I’m not finding anything on their web site just yet, but Spectrum Health Lakeland has reportedly been notifying patients about a breach involving their billing provider, OS Inc. WSJM reports that the health system learned of the breach on March 8 after an OS employee’s email account containing patient information was accessed without authorization. The information…
Michigan investigating the Inmediata breach
Michigan’s Attorney General is aware of the Inmediata breach and its incident response cock-up that has been reported on this site. People have been complaining here and some have called the state to complain. Remember that in addition to complaining to your state consumer protection bureau or state insurance department, you can also file a…
Hackers Snatch and Try Unsuccessfully to Ransom Data from IT Service Provider; CityComp’s Big Clients Impacted
Joseph Cox reports: Hackers have broken into an internet infrastructure firm that provides services to dozens of the world’s largest and most valuable companies, including Oracle, Volkswagen, Airbus, and many more as part of an extortion attempt, Motherboard has learned. The attackers have also released data from all of those companies, according to a website…