Southwest Community Health Center (“Southwest”) recently discovered an event that may affect the security of protected health information stored within our environment. This notice is meant to provide information about the event, steps taken since discovering the incident, and what potentially affected individuals can do to better protect against identity theft and fraud. On Saturday,…
Month: June 2017
West African computer hacker sentenced to prison
WXIA reports: Eric Donys Simeu, a citizen of Cameroon extradited from France, has been sentenced in Atlanta to more than four years in federal prison for a series of “phishing campaigns.” According to the Atlanta U.S. attorney’s office, Simeu, who also went by the name of Martell Collins, was responsible for a series of “phishing…
Mississippi Division of Medicaid notifies more than 5,000 after discovering data were not securely transmitted for more than three years
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is informing approximately 5,220 individuals of the potential exposure of their protected health information (PHI). On April 7, 2017, DOM officials became aware of an issue with the online service the agency used to create forms posted to DOM’s website (http://medicaid.ms.gov). Once an online form was submitted the information…
Austin patient info could have leaked online as early as 2013, local clinic says
Katie Hall reports: A data breach at a local clinic caused the information of about 2,0000 (sic) patients to leak online, the Austin doctor’s office announced Monday. Names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, medical account numbers, preferred language, race and ethnicity were disclosed, Victory Medical Center said in a news release Monday….
Computer stolen at the Hall of Justice puts some at risk for identity theft
WDRB reports: A computer stolen at the Louisville Hall of Justice puts some people at risk of identity theft. The computer used by two Assistant County Attorneys was taken from a publicly accessible conference room. Louisville Metro launched an internal investigation, after the theft was reported. With the help of an outside forensic expert, the…
Old Mutual tightens security after customers’ data breach
Thandisizwe Mgudlwa reports: Old Mutual, South Africa’s prominent financial services company, has notified its customers of a data breach. This follows the company’s detection of an unauthorised entry to one of its systems. And this led to some personal customer information being accessed. Old Mutual has said that personal information of a relatively small group…