Shushannah Walshe report: Jeb Bush’s political action committee are redacting constituent Social Security numbers (SSNs) that were in his massive e-mail release Tuesday and they are laying the blame for the blunder squarely on the state of Florida, noting they tried to stop this from even happening last year. The potential 2016 presidential candidate released over 275,000 e mails in the…
Month: February 2015
PA: South Western school officials investigate security breach
Updating the breach report involving South Western High School in Pennsylvania: The Evening Sun now reports that the school board met last night in closed session to discuss the breach, which appears to have involved two high school students. All the superintendent would say is that they were probably just trying to get attention. If…
Anthem offers free identity-theft protection after breach
Bill Berkrot and Karen Freifield report: Anthem Inc. said on Wednesday its millions of customers can sign up for free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection services this week following a massive cyber attack involving stolen U.S. Social Security numbers, birth dates and sensitive health information. “Consumers will be able to sign up for these services,…
Ca: Privacy of Rob Ford’s medical records breached by third hospital
Olivia Carville reports: Health professionals have been caught snooping into former mayor Rob Ford’s medical records in four separate privacy breaches in at least three Toronto hospitals, the Star has learned. Last Wednesday, the University Health Network (UHN) notified the provincial privacy commissioner of a fourth breach of Ford’s medical records since his shocking cancer…
St. Joseph Dodges Ex-Patient's Data Breach Class Action
In February 2014, this site posted a statement from St. Joseph Health System concerning a breach they had discovered. Apparently, a lawsuit was filed over that breach in March 2014 (Peters v. St. Joseph Services Corporation d/b/a St. Joseph Health System et al), alleging that St. Joseph violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Now Law360 reports that…
TN: Police report filed in security breach at State of Franklin Healthcare
NewsChannel 11 reports that at least four employees of State of Franklin Health Care Associates have become victims of ID theft following a breach involving payroll information. The Johnson City Police are investigating. A letter sent to SoFHA employees from CEO Richard Panek on Tuesday said, “I regret to inform you of a recent data…