Add Delaware-based Brandywine Pediatrics, P.A. to our growing list of healthcare entities hit by ransomware. The practice notified patients on December 23 that on October 25, they had discovered that their file server was inaccessible due to a computer virus. They did not indicate what type of ransomware was involved. Brandywine reports that were able…
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Family & Sports Medicine center patient records remain inaccessible three months after ransomware attack
Add Desert Care Family & Sports Medicine in Casa Grande, Arizona to the list of health facilities who suffered a ransomware attack. But what happened to them has resulted in my updating my worst breaches of 2016 list. On December 20, the center notified HHS that 500 patients were being notified that their server had…
Southcentral Foundation notifies patients after employee email accounts hacked
Southcentral Foundation (SCF) in Alaska recently notified 14,719 individuals after two employees’ email accounts containing protected health information were hacked in October. According to their statement, SCF first became aware of a possible breach on October 18. Subsequent investigation by outside consultants determined that two employee email accounts had been accessed: one was vulnerable from Oct. 17-18, and the…
Fairbanks Hospital notifies patients after discovering employees could have been inappropriately accessing patient records for years (UPDATED)
Fairbanks Hospital in Indianapolis is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that employees could have been accessing protected health information of patients since at least November 2013 (and possibly earlier). The information that was accessed included current and former patients’ social security numbers, contact information, diagnosis, treatment and health insurance. In a notification dated December 16, the hospital…
OH: Henry County home health and hospice patients’ records stolen
More than 500 patients served by Henry County Health Department Home Health and Hospice are being notified after a nurse’s laptop and paperwork was stolen from her garaged car on October 22. An arrest has reportedly been made in the case, but the laptop and papers were not recovered. According to the Toledo Blade and WNWO, the laptop…
Texas firm exposed fetal and patient ultrasounds (updated)
Corpus Christi-based 4D Sound Diagnostics (3d4dinfo.com and Bump 2 Baby & Beyond) provides elective ultrasounds for women or couples who want an image of their baby. The firm, owned by technologist Michael Rodriguez and formerly based in Louisiana, also provides ultrasound services in doctors’ offices. While many of their clients appear to be in the former group (fetal ultrasounds that…