From a press release by the NYS Comptroller: Stony Brook University Hospital’s Health Information Management Department repeatedly failed to comply with state guidelines and university policies related to contracting, vendor monitoring, and hiring or promotions, possibly costing taxpayers nearly $1 million, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. […] “We…
Month: September 2014
Possible information breach within Maryland VA
Whig reports: As many as 165 employees of the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System received a letter from the VA informing them of a potential breach of privacy. This includes an unknown number of Perry Point employees. On Aug. 28, the personal vehicle of a VA Maryland Health Care employee was broken into and…
GA: Woman buys file cabinet, finds students’ private records
Kerry Kavanaugh reports: A Henry County woman is outraged after she purchased a used filing cabinet and found students’ personal information inside. The files had the Brandon Hall School logo and so much more. Elizabeth Darsey found them in a used filing cabinet she purchased at a used furniture warehouse. “Disciplinary actions, legal actions, lawsuits,…
Hacker Team Infiltrates U.S. Airlines Computer Mainframe
Rachel Donald reports: According to information from an U.S. Senate Panel, the U.S. Airlines [sic] computer system was recently infiltrated by hackers in association with the Chinese government. The same hackers also entered the computer systems of other companies, especially tech companies or contractors with involvement in U.S. troops or military equipment management. The news…
Senior IT worker at top tech law firm arrested for insider trading
Joe Mullin reports: A senior IT employee with the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has been arrested for grabbing the firm’s confidential client information and using it to trade stocks. FBI agents arrested 41-year-old Dimitry Braverman at his San Mateo, California, home on Tuesday morning, according to a report in the New York Law Journal. He was released…
House Democrat seeks hearing on CHS data breach, but why stop there?
Beth Walsh writes: A House Democrat seeks a hearing to investigate the recent data breach at Community Health Ssytems which impacted 4.5 million patients. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who is the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asking…