Evan Sweeney reports: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal filed by CareFirst to review a case stemming from a 2014 data breach. The Supreme Court issued its decision on Tuesday, eliminating the possibility, for now, that the court will weigh in on questions about whether the possibility of harm from a data breach is…
Month: February 2018
UVA Health System Notifies 1,882 Patients About HIPAA Breach
WVIR reports: The University of Virginia Health System is notifying patients of a cyber attack that affected the hospital. The hacker was able to get access to private medical records for 19 months. The FBI discovered that a physician’s devices with the Health System were infected with malware, which allowed the hacker to see what…
AU: City of Ballarat privacy nightmare: resident details posted online
Ashleigh McMillan reports: More than 70 Ballarat residents have had their home addresses – and in some cases phone numbers and email addresses – leaked by City of Ballarat. […] The list included the personal details of a number of eminent Ballarat personalities and those with sensitive professions, including lawyers, doctors, business owners and police…
Phishing schemes net hackers millions of dollars from Fortune 500
Charlie Osborne reports: Fortune 500 companies are losing millions of dollars due to new and sophisticated phishing scams conducted by cyberattackers, IBM has discovered. On Wednesday, researchers from IBM’s X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) team said the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme is currently active and is successfully targeting Accounts Payable (AP) teams…
White and Bright Family Dental notifies patients after hackers accessed PHI
White and Bright Family Dental in Fresno is notifying patients of a recent hack. In a letter dated February 16 to patients, they write: On January 30, 2018, a business computer server containing your protected health information was accessed by cyber criminals. We immediately notified the Fresno Police Department, so that identification and prosecution of…
PA: City of Allentown computer systems hit by virus that may require an expensive fix
Daniel Patrick Sheehan and Emily Opilo report: The City of Allentown has been hit by a serious computer virus that is affecting an array of systems, with some shut down as a precaution while a team of outside experts tries to fix the problem. City spokesman Mike Moore said the malware, which has the potential…