June 30, 2022 – Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. (“BPA”) reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the full names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, gender classification, claims information, medications information, and medical diagnosis/conditions information of certain individuals was compromised. The number of individuals affected by the BPA data breach has not

June 30, 2022 – Recently, a spokesperson for a previously unknown threat group named DAIXIN Team contacted news outlets to take credit for a ransomware attack at Fitzgibbon Hospital. Evidently, the cybercriminals were able to steal over 40 gigabytes of patient data, including affected patients’ names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, Social Security numbers, and medical and treatment information. Fitzgibbon Hospital has

June 29, 2022 – Recently, Covenant Care California, LLC released additional information about a data breach, supplementing a notice the company previously sent out to affected parties on May 6, 2022. According to a “Notice of Data Event” posted on the company’s website, it is now confirmed that the breach involved the names, medical information, health insurance information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license

June 28, 2022 – Recently, Mason Tenders’ District Council Welfare Fund, Annuity Fund and Pension Fund (“Mason Tenders’ District Council Funds,” “Mason Tenders”) filed official notice of a data breach with various state government entities. Based on the most recently available information, the Mason Tenders breach affected the names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 20,090 individuals. On June 22, 2022, Mason Tenders’

June 28, 2022 – Recently, Yale New Haven Hospital announced a data breach after a file containing sensitive patient information was inadvertently posted to a public-facing website. As a result of the Yale New Haven Health data breach, the following information of 19,496 patients was compromised: name, telephone number, email address, age range, preferred language, medical record number, procedure type, and date and location of service.

June 28, 2022 – Phelps Health reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the names, Social Security numbers, medical codes, postal addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and gender of certain individuals were compromised. The Phelps Health data breach is believed to have impacted as many as 12,602 individuals. On

June 28, 2022 – Silver Streak, Inc. reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the name, date of birth, address, driver’s license number, and email address  of certain individuals was compromised. The number of individuals affected by the Silver Streak has not yet been released. On June 17, 2022, Silver Streak  sent out

June 27, 2022 – Aon PLC reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the name and one or more of the following: Social Security number, driver’s license number, and, in a small number of cases, benefit enrollment information of certain individuals was compromised. The Aon PLC data breach is now believed to have

June 27, 2022 – Deciding to take any medication during pregnancy is a tough decision. Of course, expecting mothers trust their doctors only to prescribe medication that is safe to take during pregnancy. However, doctors rely on the warnings provided by drug companies when making these critical decisions. But what happens if a drug manufacturer fails to disclose all the risks associated with the medication? Doctors won’t

June 24, 2022 – Recently, TridentCare provided notice to patients about a data breach following a burglary at one of the company’s offices. Evidently, several unauthorized people broke into a TridentCare office and stole several hard drives and other equipment. As a result of the Trident Care data breach, the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of approximately 6,200 people were compromised. On June

June 23, 2022 – Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. The company has not yet publicly released the data types that were compromised in the breach. The number of individuals affected by the Pape-Dawson Engineers breach is still unknown. On June 21, 2022, Pape-Dawson Engineers sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was

June 22, 2022 – In the wake of the tragedies in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York, and countless other cities across the United States, there has been a renewed interest in holding gun manufacturers liable for their role in enabling these heinous crimes. However, the issue of gun manufacturer liability is far from clear, as traditional theories of product liability do not apply with the same force

June 22, 2022 – In recent data breach news, Alliance Physical Therapy Group, LLC (“APTG”) confirmed that a previously announced data breach impacted a far greater number of people than initially believed. When APTG first reported the breach, the company believed 14,970 individuals were affected. However, based on a June 21, 2022 filing, APTG now reports that 26,851 people were affected in the State of Texas alone

Here’s Why It Matters and What It Means for Families Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water

June 20, 2022 – It’s been (at least) 35 years, but for Veterans and their families harmed by toxic drinking water on Camp Lejeune base, the wait is almost over. A recent vote on a bill in the United States Senate has brought the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 one big

June 20, 2022 – Recently, Avamere Health Services, LLC (“Avamere Living”) filed official notice of a data breach resulting from what the company explains as a three-month period of “intermittent unauthorized access.” The breach appears to have affected employees of Avamere, but not residents. While Avamere has yet to publicly confirm the type of data compromised in the recent breach, it has made free credit monitoring