As reported in the Hull Daily Mail: Medical records for patients in the East Riding have been lost by a firm paid by health bosses to keep them safe in storage. East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched an investigation after discovering paper records had gone missing. […] She said: “The storage company commissioned to…
Month: July 2016
Trillian Blog and Forums Security Incident
Thanks to the reader who sent in a link to this announcement from Cerulean. Without comment (I think readers can guess what it would be) What happened? On July 4th, 2016, a security breach and data disclosure related to a single server that powered the now-retired blog and forums occurred. We became aware of the breach…
Chicago man pleads guilty in celebrity iCloud data breach
Narinda Purber reports: A 28 year-old Chicago man has pleaded guilty to using phishing scams to illegally access more than 300 iCloud and Gmail accounts, around 30 of which belonged to celebrities. The high profile iCloud data breach, which was dubbed ‘celebgate’, resulted in the leak of nude photographs in 2014. However, it is important to note that the defendant…
CO: Allergy clinic finds signs of ransomware, notifies patients
Jennie Trejo reports: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology of the Rockies, P.C. (AAIR), a full-service allergy clinic, found evidence of ransomware on its computer systems on May 16. […] Kari Hershey, an attorney for AAIR, said the disturbance was first noticed when they had trouble accessing a few of the documents. […] “They weren’t able to…
Circuit Upholds Nosal Conviction in Key CFAA Decision
Ross Todd reports: Ruling in a case that tested the boundaries of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Korn/Ferry International recruiter David Nosal. Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown found that Nosal had knowingly and intentionally…
Ca: Physician’s certificate of registration suspended for 5 months, slapped with $5,000 fine over breaches
Jeffrey Ougler reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has found that Dr. Douglas Brooks committed an act of professional misconduct. The college charged in June 2015 that the Sault Ste. Marie physician “inappropriately, and without consent,” accessed health records of two patients, and acted as coroner in all, or part, of the…