KARK reports: University of Arkansas Medical Sciences fired three employees over sharing an HIV patient’s private medical information. The records included the patient’s name, age, surgical history, HIV status and employment information. The hospital says the employees were fired after being accused of violating their HIPAA oath. “We took action right away,” said Vice Chancellor…
Month: May 2018
FastHealth breach still first being disclosed to some clients’ patients
Ugh. The FastHealth breach is still dripping out with yet more people first being notified. This time, it’s Cullman Regional. There’s no provision in HITECH (at least as far as I know) that would require a business associate to make one public disclosure of how many patients, total, have to be notified about an incident….
Two Romanian citizens extradited to Atlanta to face cyber and fraud charges in connection with “vishing and smishing” scheme
From the government’s press release: ATLANTA – Two international computer hackers, Teodor Laurentiu Costea and Robert Codrut Dumitrescu, were extradited from Romania and arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft. A federal grand jury returned the 31-count superseding indictment on August 16, 2017. Cosmin…
Banco Inter shares drop on reported data leak, fintech fears
Reuters reports: Shares in Brazilian digital lender Banco Inter SA fell as much as 11 percent on Friday amid reports of a data leak and after the central bank suspended operations of rival Neon that triggered concerns about financial technology startups. Banco Inter units, composed of common and preferred shares, traded 7 percent lower in…
WI: Class action lawsuit filed against UnityPoint over data breach disclosed in April
Ed Treleven reports: UnityPoint Health, which operates Meriter Hospital in Madison, delayed reporting a data breach and falsely told patients that information stolen during the breach did not include their Social Security numbers, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison, concerns a reported data breach…
WA: Email account of Northwest University’s CFO hacked; school out nearly $60,000
Amy Clancy reports: KIRO 7 has uncovered documents detailing the Kirkland Police Department’s ongoing investigation into how a suspect, or ring of suspects, was able to hijack the school email account of Northwest University’s chief financial officer. The hacking of CFO John Jordan’s email account has the Kirkland college out nearly $60,000. According to detectives, the thieves secretly…