December 9, 2024 at 06:07AM Anna Jaques Hospital reported a data breach affecting over 316,000 individuals, compromising personal, medical, and financial information. Discovered on December 25, 2023, the incident led to the diversion of emergency patients. The hospital offers two years of free identity theft monitoring and urges vigilance against potential fraud. **Meeting Takeaways: Anna … Read more
December 8, 2024 at 02:14AM Anna Jaques Hospital announced that a ransomware attack on December 25, 2023, compromised sensitive health data of over 316,000 patients, as confirmed on its website. ### Meeting Takeaways 1. **Incident Confirmation**: Anna Jaques Hospital has confirmed a ransomware attack that occurred on December 25, 2023. 2. **Data Exposure**: The attack … Read more
December 6, 2024 at 07:08AM Atrium Health has reported a data breach affecting over 585,000 individuals, linked to online tracking technologies used on its patient portal from 2015 to 2019. Potentially exposed data includes personal information, but not financial details or Social Security numbers. This follows another incident involving compromised employee emails earlier this year. … Read more
October 18, 2024 at 05:02AM Omni Family Health has announced a data breach that affects nearly 470,000 current and former patients and employees. This incident has raised significant concerns regarding data security. **Meeting Takeaways:** 1. **Incident Overview**: Omni Family Health experienced a data breach. 2. **Impact Scope**: The breach affects approximately 470,000 individuals, including both … Read more
April 26, 2024 at 02:23PM Kaiser Permanente notified 13.4 million current and former members about potential unauthorized data transmission to Google, Microsoft, and Twitter, from its websites and apps. The transmitted information included personal and health-related data, but not sensitive identifiers. Kaiser has taken measures to remove the technology and prevent recurrence. This raises concerns … Read more
January 25, 2024 at 05:14PM Genetic testing provider 23andMe suffered a major data breach, with hackers stealing health reports and raw genotype data of 6.9 million customers over a 5-month period. The breach went undetected from April to September. The stolen data was posted on hacking forums and included vulnerable information like health reports and … Read more