UPDATE: It turns out “notifying everyone” involved notifying 400,000 people, as reported to HHS. ABC10 reports: California Correctional Health Care Services announced Friday that a laptop was stolen that may contain the personal information of patients. The theft happened from the employee’s personal vehicle on February 25, according to Liz Gransee, public information officer with…
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Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group notifies patients after office burglary
From a notice on Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group‘s web site, dated May 11, 2016: We are providing this public notice to you as part of Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group’s commitment to patient privacy. We take patient privacy very seriously, and it is important to us that you are made fully aware of…
Nostalgic for a backup drive breach? Here it is…
The days of backup drives with unencrypted information being stolen from unattended vehicles is not totally a thing of the past. On April 26, New Hampshire Distributors, LLC notified the state attorney general’s office that a stolen backup drive contained information on 924 New Hampshire residents. The total number of individuals affected was not disclosed. It’s…
IG Uncovers Data Breach at GSA’s 18F
Dan Verton reports: A cyber vulnerability known to have existed as far back as October 2015 has led to a data breach at the General Services Administration’s 18F digital services organization, the GSA’s inspector general announced today. In a Management Alert Report dated May 12, the GSA IG said more than 100 Google drives used by…
PruittHealth Home Health – Low County notifies patients after office burglary
For the fourth time in less than three years, a PruittHealth entity has reported an incident to HHS that affected more than 500 patients. This time, it’s PruiittHealth Home – Low Country in South Carolina. From their public notice: Beaufort, South Carolina, April 8, 2016 – PruittHealth Home Health – Low Country, a provider of home health…
Data breach affecting more than 50,000 reported by Medical Colleagues of Texas
The Houston Chronicle reports: Hackers breached the computer network of a doctors’ group in Katy, potentially accessing upward of 50,000 medical records and personnel files, a lawyer for the practice said Wednesday. “It’s a large number of records,” said Dallas attorney Lindsay Nickle, who represents the group, Medical Colleagues of Texas. Computer forensics experts were…