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Stolen laptop and data breach
Laptop theft can lead to data breach. OptumRx, the pharmacy care branch of a health services and technology company in Minnesota suffered data breach due to the theft incident. An unencrypted laptop...
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Unsecured database and data breach
Einstein Healthcare Network announced possible data breach when one of its databases was left unsecured on its website. Einstein Healthcare Network is a Pennsylvania-based healthcare network. The...
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Cyberattacks remains major concern for healthcare industry
According to the recent survey by Symantec Corporation on healthcare cybersecurity, cyberattacks were the top reason behind healthcare data breaches in 2015. Many healthcare facilities are now focusing...
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Stolen flash drive and data breach
A dental clinic in Wisconsin recently suffered a healthcare data breach after theft incident. Flash drive containing patient information was stolen. According to the reports, flash drive stored dental...
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Phishing Scam and Data Breach
Wyoming Medical Center recently suffered data breach when it was hit by phishing scam. According to the reports, 3,184 individuals received the notification letter by the medical center which mentioned...
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Truck and Data Breach
A mail delivery truck which was having health information was stolen. This has resulted into a potential healthcare data breach for Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare system based in California. According...
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Robbery and Data breach
A California-based chiropractic office, Vibrant Body Wellness suffered data breach after its facility was burgled. The incident affected around 600 patients. According to the reports, laptop and hard...
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Stolen laptop and Data breach
EqualizeRCM Systems, a billing and collection services vendor recently suffered healthcare incident when one of its laptop was stolen. Laptop contained patients information which included names,...
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Theft exposed PHI information
Some incarcerated patients at the California Correctional Healthcare Services are affected by the potential healthcare data breach. Affected information included PHI or personally identifiable...
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Hacking incident and data breach
Alcohol and substance abuse patients in San Juan County, New Mexico suffered data breach due to hacking incident. According to the official statement, San Juan County mentioned that an outside entity...
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Connecticut-based podiatry group suffers data breach
A Connecticut-based podiatry group has been facing a possible healthcare data breach. The incident has impacted approx. 40,491 individuals after hackers accessed network services.Some external party...
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Stolen briefcase and data breach
A California-based dentist announced data breach when external hard drive containing patients information was stolen.John E. Gonzalez, DDS said in a statement that his car window was broken and a...
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Harbin Clinic data breach
Georgia based Harbin Clinic, LLC suffered data breach recently. Facility has notified approximately 500 patients. Some of patients information may be breached after several boxes of medical records...
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Mental Health Office data breach
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) mentioned that one of its facilities suffered a cybersecurity breach. The incident potentially exposed the records of research participants. According...
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Vendor error & data breach
CHI Franciscan Health Highline Medical Center (Highline) recently suffered data breach. Facility notified certain patients. Vendor R-C Healthcare Management (R-C Healthcare) previously worked with...
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Stolen laptop and data breach
A U.S. HealthWorks employee’s laptop was stolen which resulted in data breach. It contained patient information which affected 1,400 US HealthWorks patients. As per the reports, the device was...
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Missing binder data breach
An Oberlin, Kansas facility suffered data breach when its binder went missing. It reported a PHI breach. Facility found out that a CAT scan log binder was not in its regular place. According to the...
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Health Centre Data breach
Codman Square Health Center which is based in Massachusetts suffered data breach recently. It is notifying patients about the incident which exposed some of their information due to unauthorized HIE...
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Email error leads to data breach
St. Elizabeth Physicians recently announced data breach. Disclosed information included email addresses. Social Security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, and any other personal health or...
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Ransomware and data breach
Urgent Care Clinic of Oxford in Mississippi recently suffered data breach due to ransomware attack. According to the reports, the server was attacked in early July. The facility came to know about the...
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