On April 4, 2023, Maimonides Medical Center (“MMC”) discovered unauthorized access to patient information on one of its servers. Investigation revealed that the hacker had access to the server from March 18, 2023 to April 4, 2023. Information that might have been accessed included names and addresses and limited clinical information, including diagnosis and treatment…
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Commonwealth Health Physician Network-Cardiology notified 181,764 patients of network breach
Commonwealth Health Physician Network-Cardiology, also known as Great Valley Cardiology (GVC), has notified 181,764 patients of a network breach that resulted in access to protected health information that included names, addresses and demographic information such as dates of birth; Social Security, driver’s license and passport numbers; credit card or debit card and bank accounts; and…
Data breach prompts University of Pittsburgh Medical Center billing contractor to contact 25,000 patients
Kris B. Mamula reports: Some 25,000 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) patients are being contacted by a Tennessee billing contractor following a data breach caused by a software bug that may have exposed names, addresses, social security numbers and other personal information. Kingsport-based Intellihartx LLC, which provides UPMC with billing and collection services, is…
Intellihartx notifies 490,000 patients of Fortra/GoAnywhere breach (with updates)
Quick update: Intellihartx LLC in Tennessee is notifying 489,830 of its clients’ patients about the Fortra/GoAnywhere breach by Clop. The types of information that may have been compromised include name, address, medical billing and insurance information, certain medical information such as diagnoses and medication, and demographic information such as date of birth and Social Security…
Ie: Patients’ info accidentally sent to unidentified individual by UL Hospitals Group
Ben Scallan reports: UL Hospitals Group, responsible for managing six hospitals in the midwest region, announced a significant data breach resulting in the inadvertent sharing of personal and medical information belonging to over 1,000 patients with an unknown third party. The breach occurred in January when a staff member mistakenly sent the data to an…
NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent
It seems that the Meta pixel issue that made headlines in the U.S. last June may first be hitting the NHS in the UK. Shanti Das reports: NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking…