Laptop theft involving unencrypted patient data is still a thing, although we don’t seem to hear about it as often as a number of years ago. KOKH reports OU Medicine, which does business as OU Health, is notifying an undisclosed number of patients after discovering an employee’s laptop with their emails was stolen on December…
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Top of the World Ranch Treatment Center notifies patients after email account compromise
Top of the World Ranch Treatment Center in Illinois has disclosed that a November 17 compromise of a business email account resulted in protected health information being accessible to an attacker. The attack was detected quickly and shut down within hours, and the treatment center’s investigation could not determine if any data was exfiltrated during…
Patient’s ’embarrassing’ private health information posted to Facebook after breach
Tori Gaines reports: A woman has reported that the results of her test for sexually transmitted diseases were posted to Facebook after a worker at a California hospital gained access to her medical records, according to a complaint shared by her attorney. There’s a lot to consider about this case. From the reporting, it appears…
Break-in poses security threat to Multnomah County Health Department patients
Lisa Moreno reports: The Multnomah County Health Department began notifying over 2,000 patients Friday that a month-old security breach may have put their personal information at risk. Someone broke into the Gladys McCoy Health Department headquarters in Old Town on the night of Feb. 17 and the county notified police on Feb. 21 after discovering the burglary,…
Independent Living Systems updates its breach disclosure; notifying more than 4.2 million patients
In September 2022, Independent Living Systems LLC (ILS), a business associate in Florida, notified HHS and regulators of a network incident that affected 501 patients. They also provided public notice, but were unable to identify and notify all individuals who had been affected. The “501” was simply a marker to indicate “more than 500.” The…
AllCare Plus Pharmacy notifies 5,971 patients of phishing incident last year
AllCare Plus Pharmacy, Inc. is an IQVIA business in Massachusetts. This week, they notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a phishing incident that affected 5,971 patients. According to their notification, on June 21, 2022, AllCare discovered that some employees had received phishing emails. Their investigation revealed that some of the employees’ accounts had been…