After a breach that occurred nearly one year ago, Tift Regional Health System began issuing notification letters to 180,142 persons affected by the breach. The breach occurred between August 11 - August 16, 2022 and notifications started to go out to impacted...
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Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (“HCPF”)/IBM/Progress MOVEit Data Breach Investigation
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (“HCPF”) oversees Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program), Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), and other health care programs for Coloradans who qualify. A vendor of HCPF, IBM, utilized the MOVEit file...
UnitedHealthcare Student Resources/Progress MOVEit Data Breach Investigation
An undisclosed number of college and university students have been affected by a data breach involving UnitedHealthcare Student Resources (“Student Resources”) and Progress Software. Student Resources utilized MOVEit, a file transfer software produced by Progress...
Oregon Health Plan (“OHP”) Data Breach Investigation
Oregon Health Plan (“OHP”) members have been impacted by a major data breach. A vendor of OHP, PH Tech, utilizes a file transfer software produced by Progress MOVEit and a vulnerability was discovered in the software on May 29, 2023. The vulnerability resulted in the...
Prudential Insurance Co. of America/ Pension Benefit Information (PBI)/ Progress MOVEit Data Breach Investigation
Prudential Insurance Co. of America experienced a data breach due to Pension Benefit Information’s (PBI) use of the MOVEit file transfer tool. The MOVEit file transfer software contained a vulnerability that was discovered on May 29, 2023. The vulnerability resulted...
MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley (Tx) Data Breach Investigation
MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley is a mental health and intellectual and developmental disability service provider for individuals who live in the following Texas counties: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties. On July 28, 2023,...
Maximus Federal Services, Inc. (“Maximus”) a Medicare Contractor,/Progress MOVEit Breach
On July 28, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced a contractor for Medicare, Maximus Federal Services, Inc. ("Maximus"), was affected by the Progress MOVEit file transfer vulnerability. CMS estimates 612,000 current Medicare...
The Chattanooga Heart Institute (TN)
An unauthorized third party gained access to The Chattanooga Heart Institute’s network between March 8, 2023, and March 16, 2023; and, on May 31, 2023, the Institute learned the unauthorized party obtained copies of some of the data from its system. The data included...
Family Vision of Anderson, P.A. (South Carolina)
On or about May 21, 2023, Family Vision of Anderson experienced a data breach in which personally identifiable information and protected health information of 62,631 individuals was exposed. The breach was detected on May 22, 2023, and notification was sent to...