July 27, 2018 Blue Springs Family Care in Missouri has suffered a ransomware attack that has led to the encryption of confidential data. The attack was noticed by the healthcare supplier’s computer seller on May 12, 2018. An inquiry was started the same day by the computer seller with help provided by an employed third-party …
Blue Springs Family Care Ransomware Attack Affects 45,000 Patients Read More »
August 3, 2018 A mistake made by a transcription facility supplier in the course of a software upgrade on a server has led to the disclosure of over 19,000 patients’ protected health information (PHI). Patients affected by the break had received medical facilities at Orlando Orthopaedic Center clinics in Orlando, Florida before January 2018. The …
August 10, 2018 SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri is notifying hundreds of thousands of patients that a few of their PHI has been left undefended and might possibly have been seen by illegal people. On November 16, 2014, St. Mary’s Hospital relocated to a new location and all patients’ medical files …
Protected Health Information of Three Hundred Thousand SSM Health Patients Disclosed Read More »
August 12, 2018 MedSpring Urgent Care, a setup of urgent care health centers in Atlanta, Fort Worth, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, and Houston, has seen an illegal person has gained access to an electronic mail account as a consequence of a worker being fooled by a phishing electronic mail. The electronic mail account was undermined on …
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August 19, 2018 InterAct of Michigan, a supplier of mental health and substance misuse cures through clinics in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids has learnt an illegal person has gained access to the electronic mail account of a worker and possibly seen and copied the protected health information of 1,290 patients. The attack was learnt on …
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August 22, 2018 The Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute in La Jolla, CA, is warning thousands of patients that their medical files might have been thieved after files having protected health information were learnt in the possession of a person unlawful to have the information. The data break came to light after an inquiry carried …
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August 31, 2018 The West Los Angeles-based drug and alcohol cure center, Authentic Recovery Center, is warning 1,790 people that some of their personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) has possibly been gotten by an illegal person as a consequence of a phishing attack. The phishing attack was found on June 21, …
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September 1, 2018 A mistake in a mailing to Missouri Care members reminding them to book well-child visits has led to the unintentional exposure of the private information of nearly 20,000 kids to other Missouri Care members. The private information described in the letters was restricted to kids’ names, ages, and the names of their …
Mailing Mistake Led to Impermissible Exposure of 19,570 Missouri Care Members’ PHI Read More »
September 2, 2018 The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued the final form of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide for Acquiring Wireless Infusion Pumps in healthcare delivery companies. Wireless infusion pumps are no longer separate appliances. They can be linked to a variety of …
August 25, 2018 Cofense has declared that more updates have been made to its prize-winning phishing electronic mail simulation program, Cofense PhishMe. The updates offer even more chances for computerizing phishing simulation campaigns to save managers even more time. Safety consciousness and anti-phishing teaching is now a vital part of healthcare companies’ cybersecurity programs. In …
