NOTE: This post is no longer being updated. Please see this article for updates on this incident. Update of May 17: Add Ascension Standish Hospital (1705} and Ascension St. Joseph Hospital (5807). Update of May 12: Add Walmart to your list of covered entities who had patients impacted by the CaptureRx breach. CaptureRx notified them…
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GitHub Leaks: Lessons Learned
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: Recent incidents involving inadvertent exposure of patient data on GitHub, a software development and version control platform designed for collaboration, point to the need to ensure that data loss prevention tools are implemented, available security controls are leveraged and employees are made aware of the risks involved in using internet-facing platforms….
Wait, What?! Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Litigation for Deficient Damages Allegations
Christina Lamoureux and Kristin Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write: At CPW we’ve been giving our readers comprehensive coverage of rulings in the realm of data breach litigation. For a reminder of the current Article III standing split in the data breach context and some other decisions, check out our prior posts here, here, and here. Well, last…
Yale New Haven Health impacted by data breach at radiation software vendor
ABC17 reports: A data breach has impacted Yale New Haven Health. On Friday, the healthcare system announced that Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven is among many hospitals nationwide that were impacted by software issues at Elekta. Elekta is the company that provides the software to run linear accelerators for radiation treatment of cancer…
Ransomware ‘bull’s eye’ grows, clouding telehealth’s rise in long-term care
Kimberly Mersalas reports: Even as COVID-19 and its emphasis on telehealth have opened providers to greater cybersecurity risks, insurance policies that offer potential protection are becoming more expensive, and in some cases, harder to get. Insurers are issuing 25% to 50% premium increases this year, reflecting a large number of ransomware payouts over the last…
NY: Montefiore Medical Center discloses fourth insider-wrongdoing breach in seven months
Montefiore Medical Center in New York is notifying patients of yet another insider-wrongdoing breach. Read their press release below and then the comments after it. April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Montefiore Medical Center is notifying some patients about a security breach involving information illegally accessed by a former employee. Categories of personal information accessed varied…