Richard Gazarik reports: Federal officials are investigating how patient records loaded with intimate medical details and doctors’ personnel files were abandoned amid the ruins of Monsour Medical Center when its administrators walked away from the failing facility six years ago. The records, in easy reach of the vagrants, arsonists and other trespassers who frequent the…
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St. Scholastica hack sheds light on Macalester IT security
Emma WestRasmus reports: “What was the name of your first pet? What’s your favorite color? What’s your mother’s maiden name?” We all know the drill. Whenever we start a new account we are prompted for answers to challenge questions that will surely be easy to remember. But for more than two dozen students at the…
Judge Dismisses Much of PlayStation Hacking Suit
Lucille Scott reports that a federal judge has thrown out much of the potential class action lawsuit by PlayStation users who say that the Sony security breach exposed more than 69 million personal and credit card accounts to theft. Scott reports: The 36-page order dismisses several claims such as negligence, unjust enrichment, bailment and violations of…
More on the Great River Entertainment breach
Last month I reported on a breach involving a Great River Entertainment facility. Great River notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the breach on October 1, but the timeline is somewhat disturbing: 1. In November 2011, they were informed that guests were experiencing fraud on cards used there. 2. On or about March…
HHS tool reveals three more breaches
Today’s update of HHS’s breach tool reveals three more breaches not previously reported on this blog: Sierra Plastic Surgery in Nevada was hacked or had a network compromise between August 19, 2011 and September 20, 2011, but are apparently just reporting it to HHS now – unless HHS mistyped the year of the incident twice….
VA Computers Remain Unencrypted, Years After Breach
Patience Wait reports: Following a high-profile data breach six years ago, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent almost $6 million on encryption software for its PCs and laptops. But an investigation by the department’s inspector general determined that the encryption software has been installed on only 16% of its computers. Read more on InformationWeek….