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Concentra Confirms 4 Million Patient Identities Compromised By PJ&A Data Breach

Concentra Health Services report nearly 4 million patient records exposed in data breach at third party medical transcription company PJ&A. What Happened? Concentra Health Services filed a data breach report with HHS on January 9th tied to a previously reported breach at Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A), a medical transcription company. Concentra’s breach report added…

Columbus Regional Healthcare Data Breach Puts 133k Persons At Risk For Identity Theft

CRHS waits eight months to notify individuals whose personal information was stolen during 2023 data breach. What Happened? On January 19, 2024, Columbus Regional Healthcare System (“CRHS”) filed a Notice of Data Breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that threat actors removed personal information from the company’s computer network during a data breach…

HealthEC Data Breach Exposes 4.5 Million Patient Records From 18 Healthcare Providers

Health technology company HealthEC has disclosed a data breach impacting close to 4.5 million customers of its business partners. A class action lawsuit has been filed against HealthEC LLC, a health technology company based in New Jersey, following a massive data breach that exposed 4.5 million records belonging to patients from 18 U.S. healthcare providers.…

Norton Healthcare Data Breach Exposes 2.5 Million To Identity Theft

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…

Kroger Violating Privacy Laws By Sharing Customer Pharmacy Data Without Consent

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…

PostMeds’ Failure To Protect TruePill Data Puts 2.3 Million At Risk Of Identity Theft.

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…

J&J and IBM Sued Over Data Breach At Janssen Carepath

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”…

McLaren Health Care’s Failure To Secure Data Puts 2.5 Million At Risk For Identity Theft

A class action alleges McLaren Health Care Corporation failed to implement reasonable, industry-standard cybersecurity prior to an early-October 2023 data breach. A recent class action lawsuit alleges Michigan-based McLaren Health Care Corporation failed to implement reasonable, industry-standard cybersecurity measures prior to a massive early-October 2023 data breach that affected current and former patients. What happened?…