Elena Saavedra Buckley report: Private medical records of 3,472 patients at two ProMedica hospitals in Michigan were inappropriately breached by seven employees, Julie Yaroch, the health system’s president at both hospitals, told The Blade on Friday night. The patients’ names, birth dates, medications, and clinical information from acute care services were accessed at ProMedica Bixby…
Month: June 2016
#ProjectVoriDazel exposes misconfigured databases
Just as Chris Vickery has tried to focus attention that there are still tens of thousands of misconfigured databases exposing PII and other information that should be protected because port 27017 is open, now TeamGhostShell is also calling attention to the problem – plus other open ports and issues. In his disclosure on a paste site,…
Eighth Circuit Finds That Insurance Coverage Extends To Fraudulent Losses Caused By Computer Hacker
Bethany Rupert of King & Spaulding provides additional coverage of an appellate ruling I had previously noted on this site: On May 20, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed breach-of-contract claims brought by Minnesota-based State Bank of Bellingham (“Bellingham Bank”) against BancInsure Inc. (“BancInsure”), an insurance company that refused to provide…
Cowboys Casino warns personal information may have been leaked in data breach
Chris Bowen reports: Cowboys Casino is investigating a possible data breach after its computer system was the target of a cyber-attack. The establishment says its IT experts took immediate actions and they are confident they have secured the system. It’s believed some client, employee and corporate information including names, contact information, and other personal data…
No data stolen in hack: NSW Transport
Updating a previously noted incident. No credit card or personal data was stolen in last week’s breach of the NSW Trainlink online booking system, the transport department said today. Read more on ITnews (AU).
NL: Confidential data stolen from police officer’s car
A break in in a police officer’s private car in Apeldoorn on Monday led to the loss of confidential information on an ongoing investigation, among other things. […] The loot included three laptops, a cellphone, two police identity cards and access cards to police buildings. And a file contain confidential information on an ongoing investigation….