KGET reports: Resource Anesthesiology Association of California, a local medical company, is warning that patients might have had their personal information compromised following a laptop theft. The Resource Anesthesiology Association of California says the laptop was stolen from an employee’s vehicle on July 8. A police report was filed but the company says the laptop…
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Th: Hacked hospital patients’ data ‘not important’
Online reporters and Sunthorn Kongwarakom report: Officials have rushed to downplay the theft by a hacker of more than 10,000 patients’ personal details from Phetchabun Hospital, describing the information as “not important”. Phetchabun governor Krit Kongmuang was among those who responded to initial reports on social media that the data of 16 million patients of…
Data breach at Coalinga State Hospital reveals private information on nearly 1,800 patients
KFSN reports: On Friday, the State Hospital Department announced a privacy breach at Coalinga State Hospital. Employees have improperly provided confidential information about approximately 1,800 patients now and in the past to the US District Court in the Eastern District of California, officials said. The breach occurred on July 21, 2013, October 12, 2016, and…
Beaumont Health notifies patients of Accellion breach
Friday, August 27, 2021 On February 5, 2021, Goodwin Procter LLP (“Goodwin”) notified Beaumont Health (“Beaumont”) of a security incident at Accellion, a third-party vendor whose File Transfer software was used by Goodwin for large file transfers on behalf of clients, including Beaumont. Goodwin received some personal and protected health information from Beaumont in connection…
DuPage Medical Group notifying 600,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised in cyberattack
Lisa Schencker reports: DuPage Medical Group is notifying 600,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised during a July cyberattack. DuPage Medical Group, which is the state’s largest independent physicians group, experienced a computer and phone outage that lasted nearly a week in mid-July. The group worked with cyber-forensic specialists to investigate the incident and…
CareATC notifies patients, employees, and dependents after discovering employee email accounts compromised
The following is a press release: TULSA, Okla., Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CareATC, Inc. (“CareATC”) recently discovered an incident that may have impacted the privacy of information related to certain patients, employees, and dependents of patients and employees. While CareATC is unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of information in relation to the incident, it is providing potentially affected…