Craig A. Newman writes: The healthcare industry has been in the sights of hackers for some time. But a recent survey found that the biggest threat in the sector comes from within. Verizon has just released its Protected Health Information Data Breach Report and found that 58% of the data security incidents in the industry…
Month: September 2018
Hacker exploits EOS smart contract to steal $200K from gambling app
David Canellis reports: A million-dollar EOS gambling dApp suffered a major blow, just days after declaring itself to be the safest of its kind. Hackers have taken 40,000 EOS ($200,000) from the operating wallet of EOSBet by exploiting vulnerabilities in its smart contracts. “[…] A few hours ago, we were attacked, and about 40,000 EOS…
BCBS of Rhode Island blames vendor for breach of member information
G. Wayne Miller reports: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has disclosed a breach of personal health-care information affecting 1,567 people that the insurer blames on an unnamed vendor responsible for sending benefits explanations, also known as health-care services summaries, to members. In a media release Tuesday afternoon, the insurer said that some…
School Board Considers Hiring Consultant to Investigate Whether Edmodo Breach Compromised Student Privacy
Bob Conrad reports: Student data used in the social networking educational platform Edmodo was stolen a year and a half ago. The Washoe County School District is now considering hiring a consultant to investigate whether any student information was compromised. Board of Trustees President Katy Simon Holland, speaking from a prepared statement at Tuesday’s board…
Mt. Diablo School District notifies parents of data breach
And while we mutter and grumble about #EdTech glomming up way too much personal and sensitive information on students, let’s not forget that good old-fashioned email errors are still causing problems. In today’s episode, the Mt. Diablo School District reports that an error on August 8 was caught after 200 of 650 emails were sent…
Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific notifies 40,800 patients after ransomware attack
From their public notice of August 30, below, it appears that the attack was disovered on June 30. The incident was reported to HHS as impacting 40,800 patients. While the notification below meets all the regulatory requirements, I wish entities would routinely just disclose how malware was injected and what kind of malware it was….