Laura Dyrda reports that Landmark Hospital of Athens in Georgia is investigating the theft of medical records and on June 19 suspended three employees who may have been involved. But there’s likely a lot more to this story than employees stealing medical records. Four nurses at that hospital have filed a lawsuit against the hospital accusing…
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CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin notifies patients of April security incident
June 22 — CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin announced today that it has taken action after becoming aware of an incident that took place on April 23, 2020 in which an unapproved third party gained access to patient information. Though we have no evidence to confirm that information was actually viewed or obtained by the…
Florida Orthopedic Institute hit by ransomware
Florida Orthopedic Institute has notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a ransomware attack on April 6. Their notification does not indicate what type of ransomware was involved, or whether they paid any ransom. They are offering their patients identity monitoring services with Kroll, but note that they have no evidence that any patient data…
‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments
Brian Krebs reports: Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last week. The collection, dubbed “BlueLeaks” and made searchable online, stems from a security breach at a Texas web design and hosting company that maintains a number of state law enforcement data-sharing portals. The collection…
AL: Tallapoosa County recovers from ransomware attack
Cliff Williams reports: Operations are slowly returning to normal after a weekend ransomware attack on servers at the Tallapoosa County Probate Office. Tallapoosa County probate Judge Talmadge East said no data or personal information was compromised in the Sunday morning attack and servers are allowing new business to be conducted. Read more on The Outlook.
New York Patients’ Data Breach Claims Sent Back to State Court
Mary Anne Pazanowski reports an update to litigation that stemmed from a breach in 2018 that was disclosed by Episcopal Health Services in November 2018 and then updated in 2019. A group of New York patients claiming that Episcopal Health Services Inc. failed to protect their private information from unauthorized disclosures can proceed in state…