Data Breaches

Warren General Hospital (WGH), a longstanding community healthcare institution based in Warren, Pennsylvania, recently disclosed a data breach incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. The breach, discovered by WGH, involved unauthorized access to certain computer systems, potentially compromising sensitive consumer data. The breach, occurring between September 15...

Southland Integrated Services, Inc. (SIS), a Santa Ana-based healthcare provider, notified the California Attorney General on November 10, 2023, regarding a recent data breach compromising consumers’ sensitive information. The breach exposed personal details, including names, addresses, dates of birth, vaccination status, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and financial account information. Upon detecting suspicious activity...

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, a distinguished national consumer rights law firm, is actively investigating claims on behalf of individuals holding accounts at Republic Bank of Chicago following a recent data breach. The bank is notifying customers that their personal information, including names and financial account numbers, might have been compromised in...

U.S. Drug Mart, Inc., a Midlothian-based full-service pharmacy, alerted the Texas Attorney General on November 17, 2023, about a significant data breach, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive consumer information. This breach potentially compromised names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and health details of individuals associated with the company. Following...

Rusnak Auto Group, a Pasadena-based luxury car dealer, disclosed a data breach incident to the Attorney General of California on November 16, 2023. The breach involved unauthorized access to the company's computer network, compromising consumers' sensitive information, including their full names and Social Security numbers. Following the discovery, Rusnak initiated an investigation into the incident,...

Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is actively probing a data breach affecting 845,000 individuals whose sensitive personal and health information was compromised within California-based healthcare provider Sutter Health's systems. The breach allegedly traces back to Sutter Health sharing sensitive patient data with Welltok, Inc., a third-party contact-management company. Utilizing a third-party file transfer program called...

A cyberattack targeting a Nevada-based medical transcription company, Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A), has resulted in a massive data breach, exposing highly sensitive health information of approximately 9 million patients across various healthcare providers. Northwell Health, New York State's largest healthcare provider and employer, disclosed that nearly 4 million of its patients were impacted by...

Idaho National Laboratory (INL), renowned for its pioneering work in cybersecurity, nuclear energy, and clean energy research since the 1940s, has been the recent target of a significant data breach affecting its employee records. The laboratory, historically credited with generating the first usable nuclear power electricity and developing nuclear propulsion systems for submarines and aircraft...

Westside Community Services, a renowned mental health provider in San Francisco, California, disclosed a significant data breach incident on November 15, 2023. The breach, reported to the Attorney General of California, exposed a range of sensitive consumer data to an unauthorized party, comprising a plethora of personal details, including Social Security numbers, financial data,...

California-based eye care provider MESVision disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 350,000 patients after cybercriminals exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer web application. MESVision, serving thousands of employer groups across the US, manages vision care plans for leading healthcare organizations and insurers. In a notification to Maine's Attorney General, MESVision detailed the...

A significant third-party breach has compromised extensive data pertaining to Canada's public servants, armed forces, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The breach, impacting Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Canada systems, potentially exposed individuals who utilized relocation services within the Canadian government since 1999. BGRS has managed federal relocations since the mid-'90s,...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) disclosed the conviction of Loretta Alborghetti, a former NHS medical secretary, found guilty of unlawfully accessing over 150 patient records within the ophthalmology department at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Andy Curry, head of ICO investigations, emphasized the severity of breaching individuals' trust in safeguarding sensitive medical data, stating that...

On November 20, 2023, 1st Source Bank faced a significant data security issue, impacting client privacy and also compromising the personal and protected health information of South Bend Emergency Physicians (SBEP). Notably, this breach was isolated within the 1st Source Bank MOVEit server and did not breach client networks or systems. 1st Source Bank is...

A security flaw in a file transfer tool used by Welltok, the healthcare platform under Virgin Pulse, led to hackers accessing personal data from over 1.6 million individuals, confirmed by Welltok's recent data breach notification to Maine's attorney general. The breach compromised names, birthdates, addresses, health details, Social Security numbers, Medicare IDs, Medicaid IDs, and...

Caesars Rewards faces potential compensation claims following a recent breach that impacted over 65 million of its members, exposing sensitive personal details including names, birth dates, driver's license information, Social Security Numbers, and other government-issued IDs. Levi Korsinsky, LLP has initiated an investigation to explore compensation entitlements for affected customers, providing a dedicated link for...