Comparitech is reporting that a Colorado healthcare clinic Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat began the notification of 65K+ people of a data breach from November 2024. Data exposed includes SSNs, credit card numbers, health insurance info, names, and more.
Commenting on this news is Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech:
“It is always concerning when it takes an organization a long time to issue data breach notifications. And when the breach involves incredibly sensitive data, as it does in this case, the delay can have significant consequences. While AENT did post a notice on its website in January 2025, only those patients who visited the website would have seen it. Equally, as the investigation was still underway, the type of data involved wasn’t included, meaning some patients may not have paid the notification much attention. Therefore, many patients’ personal data may have been compromised for over a year without them knowing/without them taking the necessary measures.
AENT is now offering those affected access to free credit monitoring services. Although this is a bit of a case of “shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted,” it is still crucial that anyone who is impacted in this event takes AENT up on this offer. This will allow them to check to see if their data has been compromised, and, if not, take necessary steps toward safeguarding it going forward.”
Another healthcare breach. Oh joy. But this is one that happened almost 2 years ago. This is a total #EpicFail on the part of Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat. Clearly these guys were not taking this seriously if it took them this long to do what is right and notify patients in a timely manner.
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Colorado Health Clinic Warns Patients of Data That Was Leaked in 2024….. WTF?
Comparitech is reporting that a Colorado healthcare clinic Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat began the notification of 65K+ people of a data breach from November 2024. Data exposed includes SSNs, credit card numbers, health insurance info, names, and more.
Commenting on this news is Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech:
“It is always concerning when it takes an organization a long time to issue data breach notifications. And when the breach involves incredibly sensitive data, as it does in this case, the delay can have significant consequences. While AENT did post a notice on its website in January 2025, only those patients who visited the website would have seen it. Equally, as the investigation was still underway, the type of data involved wasn’t included, meaning some patients may not have paid the notification much attention. Therefore, many patients’ personal data may have been compromised for over a year without them knowing/without them taking the necessary measures.
AENT is now offering those affected access to free credit monitoring services. Although this is a bit of a case of “shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted,” it is still crucial that anyone who is impacted in this event takes AENT up on this offer. This will allow them to check to see if their data has been compromised, and, if not, take necessary steps toward safeguarding it going forward.”
Another healthcare breach. Oh joy. But this is one that happened almost 2 years ago. This is a total #EpicFail on the part of Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat. Clearly these guys were not taking this seriously if it took them this long to do what is right and notify patients in a timely manner.
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