Hell hath no fury like a city breached? The City of Milwaukee issued this statement today following the theft of a flash drive from a car owned by an employee of Dynacare. The flash drive contained what seems to be unencrypted information on city employees enrolled in a wellness program and their dependents: Statement of Milwaukee City Attorney…
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WI: Milwaukee to file complaint against Dynacare after security breach
Hell hath no fury like a city breached? The City of Milwaukee issued this statement today: Statement of Milwaukee City Attorney Grant Langley November 21, 2013 After consultation with members of the Common Council and the Mayor, the Office of the City Attorney has decided to file a formal complaint with the federal Office of Civil Rights…
Thumb drive with personal information of Milwaukee employees recovered
There’s an important update in the Dynacare breach that affected City of Milwaukee employees. Fox6 reports that a 17-year-old male has been arrested for his role in the theft of the thumb drive, laptop, and computer bag that were stolen from the employee’s car on October 22. According to Fox6 and other media reports, the…
Update: City of Milwaukee employees file complaint over data breach
Well, we knew it was coming, but now Milwaukee employees have filed their formal complaint against Dynacare with HHS OCR. Don Walker has the story. If the allegations are true/founded, then at the very least Dynacare should have to explain whether it had a policy in place that would have required the flash drive to…
Update to HHS's breach list (update 1)
HHS added 16 breach reports to its public breach tool today, bringing the counter of breaches each affecting 500 or more individuals to 736 since HITECH went into effect September 23, 2009. As I’ve done in the past, I’ll begin by noting which of the additions we already knew about, annotated if there’s anything new…
Froedtert's alleged lack of cooperation in breach investigation has Milwaukee considering litigation
Things seem to be getting increasingly ugly between the City of Milwaukee and Froedtert Community Health/Workforce Health after the Dynacare breach mentioned previously on this blog. The city council voted to delay implementation of Phase 2 of its wellness program for employees that was to have been operated by Froedtert Community Health/Workforce Health. The city is…