by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 23, 2024 | Scam of the day
South Texas Oncology and Hematology, a cancer treatment facility recently reported that it had suffered a data breach in which sensitive information including patients’ names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and medical information of 170,000 of its...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A couple of days ago I told you about the massive data breach at Community Health Systems a hospital chain with hospitals in 29 states. This data breach, which was done by Chinese hackers resulted in personal data on 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 18, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In a filing yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Community Health Systems, Inc. a major hospital group company with 206 hospitals in 29 states disclosed that it had suffered a major data breach in which the names, addresses, birth dates, Telephone...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 7, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Medical facilities, such as hospitals and doctors’ offices have become a major source of data breaches resulting in large numbers of patients becoming victims of identity theft. Recently the Flowers Hospital in Alabama notified an undisclosed number of its...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 12, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week officials at the Women & Infants hospital in Rhode Island disclosed that ultrasound images along with personal data including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of approximately 14,000 patients was lost. Although the data was...
