Over 307k DMOS patients face a lifetime threat of identity theft after “vendor failure” at orthopaedic clinics. What Happened? The Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons data breach was only recently announced, and more information is expected in the near future. However, DMOS’s filing with the Attorney General of Texas provides some important information on what led…
Keenan & Associates failure to follow even the most basic cybersecurity enabled August 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal and medical data of more than 1.5 million people. On January 26, 2024, Keenan & Associates. (“Keenan”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that the company was the victim of a cyberattack that occurred in August…
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…
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…
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.…
Northwell Health and Perry Johnson & Associates have been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in the wake of a massive 2023 data breach. Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, and medical vendor Perry Johnson & Associates have been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in the wake of a massive 2023…
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’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…
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…
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…
