Joshua Sabatini reports: A middle-aged, disabled man who is among a number of patients impacted by the abuse scandal at Laguna Honda Hospital is angry and wants answers, according to his attorney who has filed a legal claim against The City. “Having those answers is part of the healing process,” said the patient’s attorney, Sara Peters, with the law…
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Ca: Dozens of patient records stolen from Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital
CBC reports: The personal health information of 54 minors was stolen this week from a locked cabinet at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, the province’s Shared Health agency said in a Friday news release. The stolen records relate to two days’ worth of scheduled surgical procedures for youths from Manitoba, Ontario and Nunavut. Read more on…
Irish beauty chain probes ‘possible patient data breach’
John Reynolds reports: THÉRAPIE Clinic, a chain of beauty treatment outlets, is investigating a possible data breach involving patient records. It is believed that patient information that may have included medical records had been accessed or taken without permission by a former employee. Read more on Independent.ie. I was initially surprised that the clinics’ records…
MY: Over 17,000 patients’ personal data exposed on national neurology registry website
The Star (in Malaysia) reports: In yet another data breach, more than 17,000 patients’ personal data have been exposed on the government-linked National Neurology Registry (NNeuR) website due to a scripting error, news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported. The portal reported that the data breach exposed among others NRIC numbers, phone numbers and addresses…
Phishing Incident at Kalispell Regional Healthcare May Have Affected 129,000 Patients
Myers Reece reports: Beginning today, Kalispell Regional Healthcare is mailing out letters to nearly 130,000 patients whose personal information may have been involved in a data breach over the summer. Patients’ personal information may have included their name, address, medical record number, date of birth, telephone number, email address, medical history and treatment information, date…
TX: Hunt Memorial Hospital District notifies additional patients about May 2018 breach
Brad Kellar of the Herald-Banner reports: The Hunt Memorial Hospital District released an update regarding a criminal cyber attack which was discovered against the district earlier this year, warning more of the district’s patients may have been impacted. […] According to the release, the cyber attack occurred in May 2018 “during which hackers gained access…