Collaborate Disseminate
The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) in Texas describes itself as a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve U.S. student performance in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math. According to their notification l… Continue reading National Math and Science Initiative notifies more than 190,000 of data security incident
In January, DataBreaches.net noted a report to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office that involved Comprehensive Health Services (CHS), a business associate providing occupational health services to clients’ employees. The breach was … Continue reading FL: Comprehensive Health Services discloses breach first detected this past September
Covered entities in the medical sector continue to be an attractive target for ransomware groups, and earlier this week, Avos Locker added Jax Spine and Pain Centers (“JAX”) to their leak site. JAX has seven locations in North Florida and… Continue reading FL: Ransomware group claims to have stolen data on 260,000 patients from Jax Spine and Pain Centers; victim remains silent
ClassActions.org reports that CareSouth Carolina has been hit with a potential class action lawsuit. The caption is Mixon v. CareSouth Carolina, Inc. § 4:22-CV-00269 You can access a copy of the complaint at https://www.classaction.org/media/mixon-v-ca… Continue reading CareSouth Carolina hit with proposed class action lawsuit
Every day, I compile data on breaches or leaks involving medical or health data. Many of them never appear on this blog at all. Others will appear on this blog many months before the entity ever discloses the breach to regulators or those impacted. Ma… Continue reading Your morning reminder that health data breaches are … everywhere
From SafetyDetectives: The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team discovered a critical data leak affecting the prominent multinational security company, Securitas…. One of the company’s Amazon S3 buckets was left open, exposing over 1 million files… Continue reading Securitas misconfiguration exposed airport employee info
On January 21, Medical Healthcare Solutions issued a statement on its website about a ransomware attack, although they do not state that it was a ransomware attack. Nor do they identify the incident as an attack by Conti, but it was. Medical Healthcare… Continue reading Hit by Conti ransomware in October, Medical Healthcare Solutions now notifying clients’ patients
Linda Vanderwerf reports: A respiratory therapist from Clara City has been reprimanded by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice for looking at patient records without authorization. In addition to receiving a reprimand, Kurt Lee Koenen of Clara City … Continue reading Clara City respiratory therapist reprimanded by state for twice reading patient records without authorization
Ax Sharma reports: The Canadian government department for foreign and consular relations, Global Affairs Canada was hit by a cyberattack last week. While critical services remain accessible, access to some online services is currently not available, as… Continue reading Canada’s foreign affairs ministry hacked, some services down
St. Lucie’s County Drug Screening Lab offers a variety of types of drug screening St. Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee and Indian River Counties. Juvenile & Adult Drug Screens Court Related Drug Screens Parent Visitation Screens (parent tests before… Continue reading St. Lucie’s County Drug Screening Lab notifying more than 14,500 people after discovering multi-year misconfiguration of web portal