Back in June, this site noted that the majority of victims of TheDarkOverlord had not reported the claimed breaches to HHS and that this site had filed a Freedom of Information request with HHS seeking any records on those breaches. That FOIA request included an incident involving the medical practice of Drs. Feinstein & Roe…
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PSA: HHS establishing medical shelter to aid those affected by Hurricane Harvey
The following is a public service announcement from HHS: Thousands of Texans sheltering at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will have medical care on-site through a 250-bed Federal Medical Station established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the request of the State Department of Health. The Federal…
KS: When your incident response creates a second problem….
On August 16, Salina Family Healthcare posted a substitute notice about a ransomware incident: Salina, Kansas – August 16, 2017 – Salina Family Healthcare Center (“SFHC”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have resulted in the disclosure of personal and protected health information of our patients and payment guarantors. Although at…
Protenus Mid-Year Breach Barometer report on health data breaches is out
Protenus, in collaboration with DataBreaches.net, has released its Breach Barometer Mid-Year Review of breaches involving health data. You can access their free report here (pdf). Heather Landi of Healthcare Informatics also has a good write-up of the webinar we held this week to discuss the report. I’ll have more to say on the report –…
UK: Patients’ records stolen from Walsall health worker’s car
Mike Woods reports: Patients’ personal therapy records were stolen from the car of a member of staff at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust has admitted that therapy records of 41 patients and keys were stolen from the boot of a car in June and said it needs to ‘strengthen the processes for transporting patient…
Hackers Target the Bottom Line: Business Operations and Earnings
Derek Borchardt and Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap write: Over the past several years, we have witnessed a fundamental shift in orchestrated cyber-attacks from hacking credit card data and healthcare information to targeting businesses, their operations and bottom lines. Last month, companies across the globe were hit by the so-called “Petya” ransomware attack, as…