Elise Reuter reports on what, indeed, was a big OOPS! An errant email sent to hundreds of One Medical patients exposed their email addresses. Several One Medical patients took to Twitter on Wednesday night sharing screenshots of the same email that was addressed to more than 900 people. It’s possible that the email was sent in batches…
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Mayo Clinic faces lawsuits over nude patient image snooping
Kristen Leigh Painter reports an update to a previously reported insider-wrongdoing breach: Mayo Clinic is facing three lawsuits from patients who say a former surgery resident, Ahmad Alsughayer, viewed hundreds of their nude photographs in electronic medical records despite having no professional reason to go into their files. Alsughayer, who is 28 and has a…
IA: Peoples Community Health Clinic notifying patients after discovering compromise of employee email account
Peoples Community Health Clinic in Iowa has been notifying some patients as a result of an employee’s email account being compromised. As explained in their press release*, on March 22, 2021, PCHC became aware of suspicious activity related to an employee’s email account. An investigation revealed that between March 18, 2021 and March 22, 2021,…
MN: Former Mayo Clinic surgeon charged with invading patient privacy by accessing records improperly
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A criminal charge has been filed against a former surgeon at Mayo Clinic. Ahmad Maher Abdel-Munim Alsughayer, 28 of Saginaw, Michigan, has been charged in Olmsted County District Court with unauthorized computer access, a gross misdemeanor. In December 2020, the Rochester Police Department says it was notified of a possible invasion of…
Headaches continue for patients and staff three weeks into hospital ransomware attack
Meta Minton reports: Nearly three weeks after a ransomware attack was launched against computers at UF Health-The Villages Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center, there seems to be no end in sight for suffering patients and staff. Read more on Villages-News. It seems UF Health has not been particularly forthcoming about the incident. Villages-News reports:…
NJ: Coastal Medical Group notifies patients of data breach
Coastal Medical Group, Old Bridge, is notifying patients of a data security incident that involved the patients’ health information. On April 21, the practice discovered that certain of its computer systems were being affected by a data security event that the practice believes began on March 25, 2021, according to a prepared statement. After discovering…