Remember that ridiculous lawsuit by Vernon Township against individuals to whom it had accidentally released employees’ Social Security numbers? There’s an update. Jessica Masulli Reyes reports: The individuals who received the Social Security numbers of 119 Vernon employees were ordered by a judge to sign certification saying that the confidential information was deleted and not disseminated….
Month: April 2013
Security Breach at Erlanger Health System has Families Upset
WDEF reports that 87 families received notification from Erlanger Health System after their children’s medical records were found outside Erlanger Hospital. Erlanger says an incident happened on or around January 14th of this year. They tell us they are working with local law enforcement officers and security experts right now to figure out more. Read more…
17yo Australian in Court Charged with 19 Hacking Offences
Today the australian federal police have announced that a 17yo unidentified juvenile has been charged in parramatta children’s court for hacking offences. In the press release by the AFP they have stated that this juvenile is possibly an active member of anonymous and from what i can tell of the charges they are facing it appears they might be getting charged for some defacements and…
Dorn VA warns patients after laptop with their information discovered stolen
Renee Slandera reports that the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina is notifying more than 7,000 patients that a laptop stolen from the Respiratory Therapy Department in February contained their names, dates of birth, and partial Social Security numbers. Since the laptop was stolen, Dorn officials say all laptops connected…
Three health insurers notifying patients after learning call-center employee stole members' Social Security Numbers
Connextions, a technology and solutions provider providing call-center services for health insurers, reportedly had a long-running breach that affected over 4,800 patients insured by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana. According to HHS’s breach tool, which first made me…
Pointer: A consolidated view on data breaches in 2012
Neira Jones has been posting a series of articles on breaches that readers of this blog might find interesting. See Part 1 and Part 2 of her commentary.