HHS added 13 more incidents to its breach tool today. Six of them have been reportedly previously on this blog: Hope Hospice IHC Health Services, Inc. dba Intermountain Life Flight. Of note, they reported that that the breach began on October 12, 2009. That’s a long time to go undetected. El Centro Regional Medical Center reported that 189,489 patients…
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AU: Hackers steal physio clinic files
Jessica Elder reports on another case of ransomware and an extortion demand affecting a health facility in Australia: A Mermaid Waters physiotherapy clinic is the second medical practice on the Gold Coast to be held to ransom by an international hacker demanding $5000 to unlock patient files. The scam, which has affected businesses across the…
More details from Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates breach
HealthITSecurity.com has obtained more details on the breach affecting almost 10,000 patients of Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates. Apparently the data were encrypted, but the encryption key was acquired by whomever attacked the E-Dreamz server hosting the practice’s database.
South Bend dentist office faced with computer security breach
The South Bend Tribune reports: A local dentist’s office is working to ensure its patients’ records are secure after a virus attacked the office’s computer system in March. Staff at Erskine Family Dentistry, 734 E. Ireland Road, say there is no indication the virus has accessed the personal information of patients, according to a news…
Unions eye medical privacy violation
O’Ryan Johnson reports: Police, fire and EMS unions are accusing the Boston Public Health Commission of going behind the backs of bombing victims to collect private medical ?information about those who sought “primary care and other outpatient” help days and weeks after the bombings. The commission has sent letters to 13 area hospitals and 25…
NC: Presbyterian Anesthesia reports data breach affecting nearly 10,000 (updated)
Andrew Dunn reports: The credit card information of nearly 10,000 people may have been accessed in a data breach at a Charlotte medical practice. Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates has disclosed that a hacker broke through a security flaw of the practice’s website to gain access to a database of personal information, including names, contact information, dates…