Dan Sheehan reports on a possible breach involving records that were created solely to document that patients’ medical and treatment records had been securely destroyed. Yes, this would be an appropriate place to insert an “oi veh.” SCHNECKSVILLE — A box containing confidential client health information disappeared from an office at KidsPeace, but the agency says it…
Month: September 2016
Corporate Judgment Call: When to Disclose You’ve Been Hacked
Tatyana Shumsky reports: Companies are getting hacked more frequently but aren’t disclosing the incidents in their regulatory filings, a trend that worries investors. Just 95 of the nation’s roughly 9,000 publicly listed companies have informed the Securities and Exchange Commission of a data breach since January 2010, according to an analysis of their filings by…
This Tool Lets You Check If Your Personal Info Is on the Dark Web
Joseph Cox reports: It’s pretty hard to know when your data might have been compromised. Over the last few years, an industry of threat intelligence firms has popped up that offer to monitor criminal forums, paste sites, and Tor hidden services for stolen intellectual property or customer information. Now, one of these companies is letting…
Court orders WakeMed to mitigate breach, pay fine
There’s a follow-up to a lawsuit noted previously on this site, and I think it will be of interest to those interested in healthcare sector breaches. John Murawski reports: WakeMed Health and Hospitals will soon notify thousands of patients that their personal and medical information was disclosed in court filings over six years. A federal bankruptcy…
Getting caught up on #OperationSafePharma
So I am slow to find out about this, and wouldn’t have found out at all if it hadn’t been for Softpedia’s Catalin Cimpanu helpfully pointing to this, but AntiSec-Italia, anItalian Anonymous-affiliated group, has apparently been breaching the websites of healthcare institutes in Italy. To get up to speed on early history of #OpSafePharma, start with…
Kennesaw State student hacks system, changes grades, steals data: Police
Fox5 reports: Police have arrested a Kennesaw State University student accused of hacking into the school’s system to change grades and steal personal data. Cobb County Police say Chase Arthur Hughes illegally accessed the university’s Owl Express program to alter his grades and the grades of four other students. Police say he also stole the…