medical records
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Archer Health data breach exposes 145,000 patient records in publicly accessible database
A California-based in-home health provider, Archer Health Inc., left a 23 GB cache of medical and personal data publicly accessible, exposing more than 145,000 files including patient names, SSNs and medical histories. The database was secured within hours after a cybersecurity researcher alerted investigators, and the company says it is investigating the incident, which underscores…
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Nearly 1 Million Health Records Exposed in Ohio Medical Alliance Data Breach
Cybersecurity researchers say two unprotected databases linked to Ohio Medical Alliance exposed 957,434 patient records, including SSNs and driver’s-license images, in a breach that required immediate remediation and raises privacy and identity-theft concerns in the medical marijuana sector.