Update: This incident was subsequently reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office on February 15 as impacting a total of 94,449 people. Original post: In January, DataBreaches.net noted a report to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office that involved Comprehensive Health Services (CHS), a business associate providing occupational health services to clients’ employees. The breach was…
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Ca: Military sexual misconduct settlement hit by privacy breach
Lee Berthiaume reports: The company administering the federal government’s $900-million settlement deal with Armed Forces members and veterans who experienced sexual misconduct while in uniform has inadvertently released private information about dozens of claimants. Epiq Class Action Services Canada confirmed the privacy breach on Wednesday, after a veteran said she had received an e-mail last…
Inmediata Data Breach $1.1M Class Action Settlement
In April 2019, Puerto-Rico headquartered Inmediata issued a press release concerning a data leak it had discovered in January of that year. The business associate’s press release explained, in relevant part: In January 2019, Inmediata became aware that some electronic health information was viewable online due to a webpage setting that permitted search engines to index…
Puma hit by data breach after Kronos ransomware attack
The Kronos ransomware incident can’t seem to stay out of the news cycle. Not only has it disrupted payroll operations for numerous clients, leaving many employees without their correct weekly paychecks, but employee data has also been stolen. Sergiu Gatlan reports: Sportswear manufacturer Puma was hit by a data breach following the ransomware attack that hit…
Information for over 6,000 Memorial Hermann patients accessed in business associate’s security breach
Briahn Hawkins reports: The Memorial Hermann Health System is notifying patients of a cyberattack that could impact thousands. One of their contracted vendors, Advent Health Partners, announced a cybersecurity issue Tuesday. According to the health system, the protected health information (PHI) for 6,260 patients have been breached. Read more at KHOU. Advent Health Partners also reported the breach to…
CareSouth Carolina hit with proposed class action lawsuit
ClassActions.org reports that CareSouth Carolina has been hit with a potential class action lawsuit. The caption is Mixon v. CareSouth Carolina, Inc. § 4:22-CV-00269 You can access a copy of the complaint at https://www.classaction.org/media/mixon-v-caresouth-carolina-inc.pdf The lawsuit stems from what the complaint describes as an attack against CareSouth in 2020 that was first reported to affected individuals…