The following is a press release that appears totally silent as to why it took from August, 2020, when the breach was discovered, until January, 2021 to disclose this breach. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Einstein Healthcare Network (“Einstein”) previously announced that it began mailing letters to patients whose information may have been involved in a data…
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TX: Hendrick: Computer network breach compromised some patients’ information
Laura Gutschke reports: Hendrick Health System on Friday began notifying patients that some identifying information may have been compromised during a network security breach identified Nov. 20. An investigation determined that patient information may have been accessible between Oct. 10 and Nov. 9, the release said, including patient names, Social Security numbers, demographic and other limited…
M.D. Anderson’s $4.3 Million Fine for Patient Data Loss Vacated
This is huge. Mary Anne Pazanowski reports: The University of Texas’s M.D. Anderson Cancer Center dodged a $4.3 million fine for losing over 35,000 people’s protected health information after the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that HHS acted arbitrarily and capriciously in finding that the provider violated two information security regulations. You can read more on…
Tasmania Police called in after ambulance patient details published online
Emily Baker reports: The private details of every Tasmanian who has called an ambulance since November last year have been published online by a third party in a list still updating each time paramedics are dispatched. The breach of Ambulance Tasmania’s paging system has been described as “horrific” by the Health and Community Services Union,…
Indian government sites leaking patient COVID-19 test results
Is there anyone who didn’t see this coming? Ax Sharma reports: Websites of multiple Indian government departments, including national health and welfare agencies, are leaking COVID-19 lab test results for thousands of patients online. These leaked lab reports which are being indexed by search engines expose patient data, and whether they tested positive for coronavirus. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Georgia optometrist notifies patients of breach
So many breach disclosures get overlooked during the last week of the year as people focus on family and other issues. In addition to the Prestera and Mattapan news releases that appeared on December 31, I also came across a media report out of Georgia involving Five Points Eye Care in Athens, Georgia. On October…