The Kirkbride Center in Pennsylvania is a 245-bed 245 comprehensive behavioral health care facility located in Philadelphia that provides acute psychiatric and addiction services. Philadelphia, Pa, November 19, 2014 – The Kirkbride Center(“Kirkbride”) is notifying the public, under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Breach Notification Rule, of the theft of a small number of…
IL: Clay County Hospital Notifies Patients After Receiving Extortion Demand (updated)
Flora, IL. – December 15, 2014 –On November 2, 2014 Clay County Hospital received an anonymous email that contained protected health information of some clinic patients. The email sender threatened to release this information to the public if they did not receive a substantial payment from the hospital. The hospital immediately notified law enforcement and quickly launched…
Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach
Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…
Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach
Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…
TN: Hospice patient records found blowing along road
Nate Morabito reports: Several days after a Johnson County woman found sensitive medical records blowing on the side of Highway 67 in Butler those hospice records are safe and secure. The 23 Amedisys hospice records Sandra Rambo and her daughter found outside of her business earlier this month listed medical conditions, personal information, patient identification…
Point Loma Nazarene University discloses breach after employees fall for phishing scheme
Point Loma Nazarene University is notifying an unspecified number of individuals of a security breach that occurred between October 7 and October 20. The breach, involving uanuthorized access to 5 employee email accounts, occurred as a result of successful phishing attempts. While the investigation into the matter is reportedly ongoing, the external forensics experts informed the…