Inova Health has been notifying patients of a breach that law enforcement first alerted them to on September 5. According to a notice on the Northern Virginia – Washington, D.C. – metro area health system’s site: On September 5, 2018, we were advised by law enforcement that some of our patient records may have been…
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NJ Settles Charges Against Business Associate Responsible for Virtua Medical Patient Data Breach: Vendor Owner Pays $200,000 and is Barred From Owning or Managing Any Business in NJ Again
One question that occasionally pops up is how often businesses go out of business after or due to a data breach. My answer to that is “not often,” but we do it occasionally. In some cases, the breach may just have been a final straw for an already shaky business. Yesterday, during a webinar with…
Raley’s pharmacy patients notified after laptop with protected health information stolen
If you were or a pharmacy patient at Raley’s, Bel Air Mart, or Nob Hill General Store, your information may have been on a laptop that was stolen on September 24. In a notification to the California Attorney General, David Fluitt, Director of Pharmacy Operations for Raley’s, writes that the types of unencrypted information on…
Cyber attack exposed information for 40,000 patients of Sioux City vision clinic
Mason Doktor reports that Jones Eye Clinic and CJ Elmwood Partners, L.P., an affiliated surgery center, experienced a ransomware attack on the evening of August 22. The attack affected 40,000 patients seen between Jan. 1, 2003 and Aug. 23. The providers were able to restore from backup and did not pay any ransom. Their full notice…
Byram Healthcare notifies patients about rogue insider incident
Byram Healthcare is a firm that provides disposable medical supplies. They were acquired in 2017 by Owens & Minor. On October 22, Byram sent notification letters to patients whose data may have been stolen and/or misused by a former employee. Byram learned of the former employee’s wrongdoing when they were contacted by law enforcement. In…
Follow-up: Mecklenburg Co. not fined for releasing personal information of health department patients
WSOC-TV reports: The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights did not fine Mecklenburg County for inadvertently providing Channel 9 with the personal medical information of thousands of health department patients in 2017. Records show Mecklenburg County self-reported the potential HIPAA violation on May 4, 2017. In March 2017, in…