1.5Mn Affected In Medical Information Engineering Hack

ronjor · Aug 1, 2015

31 Jul 2015 Tara Seals US/North America News Reporter, Infosecurity Magazine

An estimated 1.5 million people in Indiana have been informed by Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) that their information, including Social Security numbers and medical data, has been compromised by attackers.
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http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/15mn-affected-medical-information/

guest · May 24, 2019

Indiana Medical Records Service Pays $100,000 to Settle HIPAA Breach
May 23, 2019
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2019...rvice-pays-100000-to-settle-hipaa-breach.html

Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) has paid $100,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has agreed take corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.
MIE is an Indiana company that provides software and electronic medical record services to healthcare providers.

On July 23, 2015, MIE filed a breach report with OCR following discovery that hackers used a compromised user ID and password to access the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 3.5 million people.
OCR’s investigation revealed that MIE did not conduct a comprehensive risk analysis prior to the breach.

In addition to the $100,000 settlement, MIE will undertake a corrective action plan to comply with the HIPAA Rules that includes a complete, enterprise-wide risk analysis.
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guest · May 30, 2019

Tennessee, 15 Other States Reach $900,000 Data Breach Settlement
May 29, 2019
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2019/5/29/391081/Tennessee-15-Other-States-Reach.aspx

Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced Wednesday that a U.S. District Court judge has signed a consent judgment negotiated by 16 states’ attorneys general and Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc.
This case was the nation’s first-ever multistate lawsuit involving a HIPAA-related data breach.

The lawsuit, led by Indiana, was filed in December of 2018 against a web-based electronic health records company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The company allegedly sustained a data breach compromising the data of more than 3.9 million people. The data of 43,373 Tennesseans, including 14,871 Social Security Numbers, was compromised

Between May 7, 2015, and May 26, 2015, hackers infiltrated WebChart, a web application run by MIE. The hackers stole the electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) of more than 3.9 million individuals – including individual names, telephone numbers, mailing addresses, usernames, hashed passwords, [...]
With the signing of the consent judgment, the 16 states will receive $900,000 with Tennessee receiving $21,238.
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