William Ralston has a piece on Wired to put a human face on what happened to Finnish therapy patients of the Vastaamo clinic. The Vastaamo hack, extortion attempt, and data dump was one of the worst breaches of 2020 and an absolute nightmare in terms of a breach exposing personal and sensitive information. And what…
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Everett medical worker charged with ID theft of 39 patients
Ellen Davis reports: An Everett medical worker stole sensitive records from 39 patients, including elderly patients, to forge identities she then used to rent an apartment and buy two cars, according to unprofessional conduct charges filed by the Washington State Department of Health. The woman, 37, has also been charged in a separate criminal case…
CA: St. John’s Well Child and Family Center notifies patients of breach
April 29, 2021 – St. John’s Well Child and Family Center (“St. John’s”) has learned of a data security incident that involved personal or health information belonging to certain current and former patients. On April 29, 2021, St. John’s notified potentially-affected patients of the incident. On February 3, 2021, St. John’s experienced a data security…
Il: Private patient cases of deceased psychologist found on the street
Hadar Gil-Ad reports: Hundreds of files that included personal information were thrown out from a local center for psychology and treatment of learning disabilities in Ramat Gan that was shut down after the pyschologist passed away a year and a half ago The documents of a deceased psychologist, containing private assessments and personal information on…
Cancer patients in the State of Washington had their sensitive records hacked and dumped. Have they been notified?
On February 15, yours truly created an entry in the worksheet I maintain for tabulating U.S. incidents involving health data or protected health information. The entry listed “Capital Medical Center” in Washington as the breached entity, the date of disclosure as February 15, 2021, and the type of incident as a claimed ransomware attack by Avaddon…
Maine government website displayed mental health patients’ confidential information
Matthew Stone reports: A state agency displayed confidential information about patients of Maine mental health and addiction treatment agencies and group home residents on a public website, a Bangor Daily News review found. At least 20 documents on the Maine government website contained names and, in some cases, addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers,…