The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (“CARD”) has locations throughout the U.S. On January 24, it experienced a reportable breach when “as part of a recent update to its patient billing systems, the third-party vendor responsible for generating patient invoices incorrectly made a computer error which resulted in certain caregivers receiving an invoice for…
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Patients involved in Nova Scotia mass shooting among those caught up in major privacy breach
Bill Dicks reports: Nova Scotia Health is under the microscope after eight employees were found snooping into medical records. The privacy breaches involve the electronic health records of people associated with the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, among others. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner says the discoveries were made by…
Derriford Hospital admits data breach as patient sent list of complaints against hospital
William Telford reports: Health chiefs have admitted a data breach after a patient received a list of people who had made complaints against Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital. Retired horse breeder Jeanette Anderson was stunned when an email from the hospital contained confidential details of complainants including, she said, bereaved families. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has…
MA: DotHouse Health discloses data breach but has yet to send letters to patients
On or about December 10, AlphV (aka BlackCat) added DotHouse Health.org to their leak site, where they attempt to pressure victims into paying any ransom demands. In this case, the threat actors did not post any proof pack, but they claimed to have infiltrated 800 GB of data from the Massachusetts HIPAA-covered healthcare provider. On…
Sharp notifies nearly 63,000 patients of data breach involving payment portal
Paul Sisson reports: Sharp HealthCare, San Diego’s largest health provider, announced Monday that it has begun notifying 62,777 of its patients that some of their personal information was compromised during a hacking attack on the computers that run its website, sharp.com. Read more at San Diego Union-Tribune. Sharp’s notice can be found on their website….
Au: AMA calls for stronger laws to protect patient data
Fat Niebres reports: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for stronger safeguards to protect patient data, saying laws must be in place to prevent security breaches and the use of health data to boost private profits. In a new position paper, the AMA pointed out the need for a broader national discussion on health…