From the European Data Protection Board: The Commissioner for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information Rhineland-Palatinate imposed a fine of 105,000 euros on a hospital in Rhineland-Palatinate. The fine is based on several breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation in the framework of a patient mix-up when admitting the patient. This resulted in…
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Nebraska Medical Center is warning patients about data breach
Siouxland News reports on an insider breach affecting patients at Nebraska Medical Center. Officials say they were running an audit of their medical record system and found an employee got into those records sometime between July and October. They say that employee should not have been in those records. Hospital officials were not able say…
Good news, bad news: Presbyterian Healthcare Services said data stolen in May breach doesn’t appear to have been misused, but more patients impacted
Robert Nott reports: Nearly four months after Presbyterian Healthcare Services reported a data breach that allowed unauthorized access to personal information belonging to over 180,000 patients and health plan members, the provider sent out a notification letter telling its members the company does not believe anyone has improperly used that data. But the update also…
AU: Fears over patient data breach after cyberattack on Monash IVF
Melissa Cunningham reports: One of Australia’s largest IVF providers has warned patients that it could not rule out the possibility their personal information may have been breached following a widespread cyberattack on staff emails last month. Monash IVF Group, which is attached to clinics in six Australian states and territories, said scammers accessed emails, email…
Loudoun Medical Group D/B/A Comprehensive Sleep Care Center notifies patients after employee email account compromise
Loudoun Medical Group d/b/a Comprehensive Sleep Care Center (CSCC) in Virginia issued a press release yesterday. According to their timeline, on or around June 19, they became aware of unusual activity in an employee’s email account. Their investigation subsequently determined that unauthorized access to the one account occurred between June 15 and June 19. The…
Unprotected patient data in the Internet – a review 60 days later, or The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A report by Greenbone Networks in September about the leak of medical images online made waves — including spurring Senator Warner to ask HHS OCR what it was doing in response to the report. Today, Greenbone reached out to a number of sites to alert us all to an update to their report. From their…