I was excited back in 2010 when HHS started posting breaches on what some would call the “wall of shame.” I knew that we’d only learn about breaches involving HIPAA-covered entities, but at least we were finally starting to get some actual data. Now, more than 6 years later, it’s become clear to me that it’s probably best to just call time of death…
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What kind of month was April for health data breaches?
Protenus has published its Breach Barometer for April, with data and some analyses provided by this site. The analyses were based on the following incidents: Amedisys Home Health Area Agency of Aging 1-B: On March 31, 2017 the Area Agency on Aging 1-B (AAA 1-B) became aware of an unintentional potential disclosure of the personal health information…
Developing: Multiple NHS trusts across England disrupted by ransomware attack
Digital Health is reporting: Multiple hospitals across England have been hit by a large-scale cyber attack on Friday afternoon, with trusts switching off systems. NHS Digital confirmed to Digital Health News that it is aware of a “cyber security incident”. Sources told Digital Health News that there was a major N3 cyber security issue on…
Hard drive with medical information on 2,200 LSU Health patients stolen
Chad Calder reports: A hard drive containing the personal information of 2,200 LSU Health New Orleans patients was stolen in March, and while police quickly made an arrest, the hard drive has not been recovered, the LSU Healthcare Network said Friday. The network said the theft occurred in the Department of Neurology Research on or…
TheDarkOverlord dumps 180,000 patients’ records from 3 hacks
While thousands of their followers on Twitter seem to be eagerly waiting for TheDarkOverlord (TDO) to dump more tv films or episodes of popular series, TDO went non-fiction this morning, dumping patient/medical records from some of their hacks in the healthcare sector last year. All told, almost 180,000 patients had their personal information shared with the world. Two of…
UK: Fertility patient data breach fine would have been much higher under GDPR
John Bryan uses a recent monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office to contrast what might happen to fines under the GDPR. Fertility patients being treated at the Lister Hospital, part of the US-based HCA Healthcare group, discovered in April 2015 that transcripts of their confidential patient-doctor conversations were publicly available on the world wide web….