Norton Healthcare confirms hackers accessed the personal data of millions of patients and employees during ransomware attack. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Dec 8th, Norton said that the sensitive data of approximately 2.5 million patients, as well as employees and their dependents, was accessed during its May ransomware attack. Kentucky based Norton Healthcare…
Read more
Cyberattack at Ardent Health Services was “Severe”. Patient and employee identities may be at risk of identity theft. Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals and more than 200 health care facilities across the U.S., said Monday that it had been the victim of a severe ransomware attack in Oklahoma, News Mexico and Texas, forcing…
Read more
Fidelity National Financial cyberattack exposes 1.3 million customers to identity theft. On November 17 2023, Fidelity National Financial, (FNF), a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading provider of title insurance and escrow services, and North America’s largest title insurance company, filed a notice of data breach with the Securities and Exchange…
Read more
Kroger’s Online Pharmacy Telegraphing Users Confidential Health Information To Facebook Without Consent In Effort To Boost Revenue. A class action lawsuit was recently filed claiming that Kroger invaded pharmacy user’s privacy. Plaintiffs are claiming that Kroger intentionally is sharing their personal and confidential health data with Meta d/b/a/ Facebook, without their express written consent. According…
Read more
TruePills’ negligence to implement industry standard data practices jeopardizes identities of over 2.3 million current and former patients. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against PostMeds, the company behind online pharmacy Truepill, alleging it is to blame for a cyberattack announced in October 2023 that compromised the personal data of current and former TruePill…
Read more
Blue Cross Blue Shield’s failure to ensure protection of customer data puts untold millions at risk of identity theft. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) after a report that millions of customer records were stolen in a cyber attack that lasted almost nine months. There is no information…
Read more
IBM and Johnson & Johnson are being sued over a data breach that occurred in August that could put over 1 million Janssen CarePath patients at risk of identity theft. A class action lawsuit was recently filed that seeks to hold IBM and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems responsible for a “massive and preventable”…
Read more
Costco knowingly disregards federal and state privacy laws by sharing sensitive and private health information with Meta to boost profits. A lawsuit was recently filed against Costco alleging the consumer wholesale giant is illegally violating federal and state laws by sharing personal and sensitive health data with third parties without lawful consent of the owner.…
Read more
Cybercriminals selling stolen sensitive data on dark web. Over 280,000 patients now at permanent risk of identity theft. What happened? In June 2023, a cyber incident affected the internal patient portal of Longhorn Imaging. Upon learning of this incident, Longhorn Imaging claims it acted to fortify its digital infrastructure and initiated a data breach investigation.…
Read more
TMLT’s failure to adopt industry standard data protections as required by law places its customers at permanent risk of identity theft. A Class Action Complaint was recently filed against Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) following a second report from the Maine Attorney General that the company and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance…
Read more
