Collaborate Disseminate
Rick Earle reports: A state lawmaker has requested the auditor general review the entire process that led to the awarding of that $30 million contract with Insight Global to do contact tracking in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Jason Ortitay, a Republican fr… Continue reading PA lawmaker wants state to review entire process that led to company’s contact tracing data breach
Justin Hendry reports: Driver’s licence details were among the personal information stolen from Transport for NSW in the Accellion data breach last year, iTnews can reveal. It has also emerged that at least 500 customers and employees of the agency wer… Continue reading NSW driver’s licence data stolen in Accellion breach
DataBreaches.net does not report on most potential class action lawsuits because many of them will not survive motions to dismiss. This case, however, is a bit more interesting to me because it involves sensitive mental health data, ransomware, leaked… Continue reading QRS Data Breach Exposed Psych Care Consultants Patient Information – Class Action Allegations
The CaptureRx (NEC Networks) data breach was one of the biggest reported breaches involving a business associate in 2021, affecting dozens of its clients (see also this list) and more than 2.3 million patients. Now the company is seeking court approval… Continue reading CaptureRx seeks court approval of lawsuit settlement; threatens to consider bankruptcy if not approved
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
Lee Berthiaume reports: The company administering the federal government’s $900-million settlement deal with Armed Forces members and veterans who experienced sexual misconduct while in uniform has inadvertently released private information about dozen… Continue reading Ca: Military sexual misconduct settlement hit by privacy breach
In April 2019, Puerto-Rico headquartered Inmediata issued a press release concerning a data leak it had discovered in January of that year. The business associate’s press release explained, in relevant part: In January 2019, Inmediata became awa… Continue reading Inmediata Data Breach $1.1M Class Action Settlement
The Kronos ransomware incident can’t seem to stay out of the news cycle. Not only has it disrupted payroll operations for numerous clients, leaving many employees without their correct weekly paychecks, but employee data has also been stolen. Ser… Continue reading Puma hit by data breach after Kronos ransomware attack
Briahn Hawkins reports: The Memorial Hermann Health System is notifying patients of a cyberattack that could impact thousands. One of their contracted vendors, Advent Health Partners, announced a cybersecurity issue Tuesday. According to the health sys… Continue reading Information for over 6,000 Memorial Hermann patients accessed in business associate’s security breach
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