Personal and health information of 918,000 vulnerable seniors was exposed on the Internet for months by a software developer working on a project. No one would have even known about it if the leak hadn’t been found by a guy with “too much time on his hands.” Before you give your personal or health insurance…
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While investigating ransomware incident, ABCD Pediatrics uncovers evidence of other intrusion; more than 55,000 patients notified
ABCD Pediatrics, PA (“ABCD”) is committed to providing quality pediatric healthcare in the San Antonio area. Our mission is to provide the best care, to each patient, every time. With that being said, ABCD is writing to inform you about an incident that may have affected its patients’ protected health information. This notification is made…
CoxHealth says burglars stole data of 80 patients
Gene Hartley reports: CoxHealth says financial data of about 80 patients were stolen during a burglary at one of its clinics last week. The company this week sent letters to the patients and offered them free credit protection for one year. A CoxHealth representative said Wednesday that the burglary at its Primrose OB/GYN Clinic was…
NZ: Sacked Waikato medics snooped into patient files
Aaron Leaman reports: Prying into patient files cost two Waikato Hospital staff their jobs and prompted two others to resign. Twelve privacy or confidentiality breaches have been committed by Waikato staff since 2012. Offences range from unauthorised snooping on medical records, to misdirected emails. Patient privacy came under the spotlight earlier this month after Auckland District Health Board announced…
Mecklenburg County, NC: 1,200 patients impacted by gaffe in responding to public records request
Joe Bruno and Blake Hanson report: County officials mistakenly gave information to two media outlets Monday in response to public records requests about the Health Department’s failure to notify women of abnormal Pap smear results. Channel 9 immediately notified county officials upon discovering the information on a compact disc. Officials said the information did not…
Washington University School of Medicine hit by phishing attack, patient info may have been accessed
KSDK reports: A third party may have gained unauthorized access to patient information — including names, birth dates and social security numbers — after a phishing attack at Washington University’s medical school. A post on the Washington University School of Medicine website said an employee fell for a phishing email designed to look like an official request…