On June 26, this site reported that a database with almost 397,000 patient records was up for sale on the dark net. I subsequently tentatively identified the entity as Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia, but they never officially confirmed that it was their data, noting only that they were investigating and had only first found…
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Texas physicians group notifies patients of unauthorized disclosure
It seems like a previously reported incident involved Dr. Mario Gross also impacted Premier Family Care I, Inc. in TX. They notified HHS on July 20 that 1,326 patients were affected. The notice was posted on Premier Physicians’ site. Premier Physicians Notifies Patients of Records Security Incident MIDLAND, TX – June 7, 2016 – Premier…
UK: NHS apologises for sending vital patient information to WRONG GPs for five years
Patrick Christys reports: The NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) should have redirected test results and treatment advice which was sent to the wrong family doctors across swathed of Britain, but it failed to do so. The Government refused to say how many patients were affected by the gaffe, which ran from 2011 until earlier this…
Sunbury Plaza Dental notifies patients after stored records were burglarized
Sunbury Plaza Dental in Ohio has notified HHS of a breach that impacted 7,784 patients. Their public notice explains that on May 25, they were notified by local law enforcement that their secured storage unit containing business records had been burglarized sometime between March 10th and March 20, 2016. We were not aware of any…
CO: Lasair Aesthetic Health notifying patients after manager took information after resigning
According to HHS’s breach tool, 1,835 patients were notified of this incident. I wonder what the former employee intended to do with the stolen information. Notice to Lasair Aesthetic Health patients regarding Privacy Incident Lasair Aesthetic Health, P.C. (“Lasair”) is notifying patients about an unauthorized acquisition of some patients’ personal health information. We deeply regret…
Confidential Info of 388 HIV Patients Feared Leaked in China
Trust of India reports: Personal information of at least 388 Chinese HIV patients has been allegedly leaked in a fraud in which individuals had called them up posing as governmental officials, state-run media reported on Tuesday. “A total of 388 persons have received scam calls in 31 provinces,” Bai Hua, the head of Baihualin National…