The following entries have been added to HHS’s breach tool, although I haven’t as yet found any media coverage or notices to explain them: “Diversified Resources, Inc.”,GA, 863, 8/11/2011, Theft,Laptop “Health Research Institute, Inc., Pfeiffer Treatment Center”,IL, 2,000, 7/1/2011, Theft,”Desktop Computer, Network Server” “Freda J. Bowman MD, PA”, TX,” 1,300, 8/8/2011,”Unauthorized Access/Disclsoure, Hacking/IT Incident”,Network Server
Month: October 2011
Defense Dept. hit with $4.9B lawsuit over data breach
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The U.S. Department of Defense has been hit with a $4.9 billion lawsuit over a recently disclosed data breach involving TRICARE, a healthcare system for active and retired military personnel and their families. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington D.C. this week by four people whose data was allegedly compromised, seeks…
IM: Memory stick with private details of mental health patients is lost
A memory stick containing confidential information on people with learning disabilities and with mental illness has been lost. Although the memory stick was lost in August, the news has only been revealed today by the Department of Social Care. It was lost by an employee of Praxis Care Isle of Man which ‘provides a range…
Hollywood hacker Arrested
Yesterday police made a move in on the target they have been seeking for a few weeks now, Christopher Chaney, 35, was arrested without incident yesterday morning at his Jacksonville, Fla., home for allegedly hacking into celebrities’ Google, Apple and Yahoo e-mail accounts between last November and February. Read more: here
AU: First State Superannuation fails to adequately secure online accounts, then threatens the security researcher?
First, let’s start with the breach, as reported by Darren Pauli on SC Magazine: A security researcher was questioned by NSW Police after quietly reporting a massive security gaffe to First State Superannuation that potentially exposed millions of customer accounts. Patrick Webster found he was able to access electronic superannuation notices of any customer by…
Palm Pilot stolen from surgeon's car contained patient information
Another incident added this week to HHS’s breach tool was reported by Jonathan Noel, M.D. of Indiana. I could not find a web site or media coverage for the incident, but did find a substitute/public notice had been published about the breach in Paoli New Republican. The full notice is not available without subscription and login,…