Resources for Human Development Reports Breach Affecting 46,673 People
Resources for Human Development (RHD), a national human services nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, PA, has recently announced the theft of a hard drive containing the protected health information (PHI) of 46,673 people. The theft happened on or approximately January 27, 2022, and was uncovered by RHD on February 16, 2022.
The hard drive was utilized for its Point-to-Point program in Exton, PA, and included information like names, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security Numbers, financial account data, payment card details, birth dates, prescription details, diagnosis data, treatment details, treatment providers, health insurance data, medical details, Medicare/Medicaid ID numbers, employer identification numbers, electronic signatures, usernames and passwords of clients and employees.
RHD stated forensics experts investigated the magnitude of the breach and ensured the safety of its offices and computer servers. The employees also received training on best practices for safeguarding confidential data.
Email Breach at Wellstar Health
Wellstar Health based in Atlanta, GA has lately affirmed that unauthorized people accessed personnel email accounts or acquired patient data. Wellstar Health found out about the security incident on February 7, 2022, with the confirmation by a forensic investigation that the breach affected only two email accounts. Other systems were not affected by the breach.
The email accounts were identified to have been breached from December 6, 2021, to January 3, 2022. Upon identification of the breach, the email accounts were quickly deactivated and secured. An assessment of the accounts affirmed the inclusion of PHI like worker names, Internal account numbers, medical record numbers, and laboratory details. No proof was discovered to reveal any patient data was misused.
It is presently uncertain how many patients were impacted.
Central Vermont Eye Care Hacking Incident Affects 30,000 Patients
The Ophthalmology practice Central Vermont Eye Care located in Rutland, VT reported lately a hacking incident. The exact nature of the hacking incident is not clear at this time; nevertheless, it was confirmed that unauthorized persons possibly acquired access to the PHI of as many as 30,000 patients. Notification letters were mailed to those persons on April 6, 2022.