Owen Daugherty reports: A malware infection is to blame for a security breach that could put the personal information of up to 4,611 clients of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Center at Dublin in jeopardy. Clients were alerted of the possible threat that could put their bank account information, credit card numbers, driver’s license and…
Month: January 2017
Stop calling all hacks with ransom demands “ransomware”
For the past year, I’ve been criticizing entities that describe their data leaks as “hacks” (cf, this article of mine on The Daily Dot or this post as examples). More recently, Zack Whittaker has also forcefully raised that issue on ZDNet. Whether other journalists will adapt their language and correctly report incidents as “leaks” instead of “hacks”…
Payment card data-snatching malware found on 21 Bowlmor AMF bowling centers’ computers
Bowlmor AMF, the world’s largest bowling center operator, said late Friday that it had a possible data breach at 21 of its more than 300 domestic locations in 12 states between Feb. 4 and March 19. Malware was found on computers at the 21 locations, including three in Virginia – AMF Sunset Lanes on West…
Five breaches involving health data disclosed in one day?
Breaches involving health data in 2017 are continuing where 2016 left off – there are too many of them. In addition to the breaches reported earlier today on this site involving Catholic Charities of Baltimore and Complete Wellness (also in Baltimore), we also learned about three other breaches involving health data: The Center for Mental Health in Montana…
Catholic Charities of Baltimore Notifies Clients of Potential Security Incident
Catholic Charities of Baltimore issued a press release today after an employee’s email account was hacked and personal and protected health information of the charity’s clients may have been accessed or acquired. The press release does not indicate how many people they are notifying. Nor does it indicate how the hack occurred – did the…
MD: Complete Wellness notifies 600 patients after employee misconduct results in lost PHI
On January 9, Complete Wellness, a treatment center in Baltimore for those with mental health issues or substance abuse, posted a Warning of Potential Privacy Violation on their web site. The warning described an incident in which an employee – without authorization – copied patient files to a flash drive, and the flash drive was…