Anthony Vecchione reports: Summit Medical Group said Monday it is looking into an incident of a possible security leak of patient data. SMG said it became aware of the potential unauthorized disclosure of patient medical records Sept. 5 when management and privacy office personnel were notified a notebook maintained by a medical assistant in the…
Month: November 2018
NJ: Former Chilton Medical Center employee sentenced on Computer Criminal Theft charges
There’s a follow-up to an insider-wrongdoing case previously reported on this site as affecting 4,600 patients of Chilton Medical Center. The following press release appeared October 26: Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, and Chief Brian C. Spring of the Pequannock Township Police Department announce the sentencing of Sergiu Jitcu, age 39, of Saddle Brook,…
FL: Health First, Inc. notified 42,000 patients after phishing incident
On October 5, Health First, Inc., a Florida-based healthcare provider, notified HHS of a breach that affected 42,000 patients. The incident was coded on HHS’s breach tool as hacking/IT incident involving e-mail. It has taken a while to obtain more details, but DataBreaches.net has now received a statement from Matthew Gerrell, Senior Vice President, Consumer…
UK: Six month prison sentence for motor industry employee in first ICO Computer Misuse Act prosecution
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A motor industry employee has been sentenced to six months in prison in the first prosecution to be brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under legislation which carries a potential prison sentence. Mustafa Kasim, who worked for accident repair firm Nationwide Accident Repair Services (NARS), accessed thousands of customer…
LPL Financial notifying advisors after Capital Forensics, Inc. was hacked
LPL Financial has sent a notification about a third-party hack that was shared with DataBreaches.net by a reader. The hack involving Capital Forensics, Inc. has reportedly affected a number of that vendor’s clients (but not all clients). From their November 9th notification to advisors, LPL writes: *What Happened* LPL works with a firm called Capital…
Iranian hackers suspected in cyber breach and extortion attempt on Navy shipbuilder Austal
Jane Norman reports: Iranian hackers are believed to be responsible for a cyber security breach and extortion attempt on Australia’s biggest defence exporter. Perth-based shipbuilder Austal earlier this month revealed an “unknown offender” had hacked into its computer systems, accessing staff email addresses and phone numbers as well as ship drawings and designs. Some of…