Baptist Health Louisville in Kentucky recently notified 880 patients of a phishing incident. The incident was also reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. According to a substitute notice in response to the breach, on October 3, Baptist Health discovered that an employee’s email account credentials were obtained by an unauthorized third-party…
Month: December 2017
Iranian Hackers Have Set Up a News Outlet to Court Possible Targets, Security Firm Says
CTech reports: An Iranian cyber espionage group known as Charming Kitten is believed to be behind a campaign targeting academic researchers, human rights activists, media outlets and political advisors focusing on Iran, according to a report published earlier this week by Israel-based threat intelligence company ClearSky Cyber Security. The group has also set up a…
Mercy Health/Love County Hospital And Clinic Patients Notified Of Medical Records Incident
The press release below from Mercy Health/Love County Hospital is described as a supplement to an incident that they – and we – first reported in July. In September, the entity notified HHS that they had notified 13,004 patients, a notification that they reference below as a precautionary measure. I’m not sure why they needed…
MN: Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine in Minneapolis warns clients of data breach
KARE reports: A Twin Cities fertility clinic is warning clients about a data security incident that may have put personal information at risk. CCRM Minneapolis, which is located in Edina, says the clinic’s servers were targeted by a ransomware attack on October 3, which triggered an investigation to determine if sensitive information had been put at…
A popular virtual keyboard app leaks 31 million users’ personal data
Zack Whittaker reports: Personal data belonging to over 31 million customers of a popular virtual keyboard app has leaked online, after the app’s developer failed to secure the database’s server. The server is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of AI.type, a customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard, which boasts more than 40 million users across the…
Retired cop from Nutley gets probation in database fraud
Matt Kadosh reports: A Nutley man and retired police officer, who admitted to selling personally identifiable information stolen from a law enforcement database, has been ordered to serve two years of probation for his role in the crime. Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin cited 52-year-old retired Newark Police Officer Dino D’Elia’s four prior arrests and…