harbor health in massachusetts has notified at least one patient whose data was compromised by an attack on ScansStat Technologies. According to a december 13 letter from Jesse A. Shipley, HHSI’s Director of Compliance & peril Management, on November 12, ScansStat Technologies informed them that bad actors posing as pharmacies had managed to get ScansStat to send them patient information. ScanSTAT assists hold health with medical records filing and petition processing. hold Health’s letter, a copy of which was provided to the Massachusetts attorney General’s Office, does not explain exactly how the bad actors accomplished this deception, The info included the patient’s name, appointment of birth, medical record number, address, phone number, medication list, allergies, problem list, medical history, recent procession notes, and visit summaries. This is not the first time harbor health reported a transgress in 2021 linked to a vendor breach.� in April, they reported a breach impacting 901 patients in Massachusetts. That transgress involved a ransomware attempt at PeakTPA. PeakTPA provided administrative services related to claims payment. DataBreaches.net sent an email inquiry to hold Health’s compliance director yesterday asking how the threat actor(s) were able to trick employees into providing PHI to them. The email also asked what changes, if any, harbour health was making in its security auditing or affair with third-party vendors or business associates. no reply has been received by the time of this publication.