Paul Hughes reports: Two of five laptops stolen from the Health Service Executive over the past twelve months were taken from a HSE premises in Mullingar. This week, the HSE confirmed the theft took place at the Ard Solas facility, part of the Midland Regional Hospital complex in Mullingar. The two were taken on the…
Search Results for: HSE
IE: HSE confirms five laptops stolen over the past year
Eithne Donnellan reports: FIVE LAPTOPS, at least three of them with patients’ personal details, have been stolen from the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the past year, it was confirmed yesterday. Details of the theft of one of the laptops from a staff member’s home were reported last week, but yesterday the HSE confirmed that…
HSE laptop containing personal information stolen
The HSE is confirming that a laptop, blackberry phone and a data disk containing the personal information of more than 1,000 healthcare workers has been stolen. The Executive is apologising for the incident and has begun contacting those affected. In a statement, the HSE says the laptop, blackberry and data disk were stolen from the…
Ie: HSE apologises over 'misaddressed' letters
Elaine Edwards reports in the Irish Times: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has apologised and has contacted the Data Protection Commissioner after a number of letters sent to patients in the northeast in relation to a review of health tests were sent to the wrong addresses. Some 4,500 patients’ X-rays or CT scans are being…
Ie: HSE downplays medical files find (update)
In an update yesterday to city and county councillors on the medical records found buried in a former landfill outside Cork, the Health Service Executive (HSE) claimed there were “only 15 fully legible sets of notesâ€. Addressing the regional health forum south, Gerry O’Dwyer, network manager of the Southern Hospitals’ Group, said the majority of…
Proposed $65 million Lehigh Valley Health Network data breach settlement may compensate some victims $80,000
In 2023, a ransomware attack against Lehigh Valley Health Network by AlphV (BlackCat) involved the threat actors leaking nude photos of some cancer patients. In reporting on one of the first class action lawsuits launched against LVHN, DataBreaches pointed out how significant this situation and litigation might be, in part, because of the nude photos…