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Waikato DHB failed OIA requirements over cyber security breach – Ombudsman
Natalie Akoorie reports: A district health board has failed to meet its requirements under the Official Information Act, prompting intervention from the Chief Ombudsman. Waikato District Health Board largely ignored a series of questions from Local Democracy Reporting in June regarding the cyber security breach that paralysed the DHB in May, forcing the postponement of surgeries…
Phoenix Children’s Hospital sends email identifying unvaccinated employees
Kim Powell reports: Phoenix Children’s sent an email to nearly 370 employees, identifying them as exempt from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “Wow, what pretty flagrant violation of the law. It’s impressive for how clear-cut it is,” said Alexander Kolodin, an attorney hired by a nurse on the email. “This is something that should never…
Facebook sues Ukrainian who scraped the data of 178 million users
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Facebook has filed a lawsuit on Friday against a Ukrainian national for allegedly scraping its website and selling the personal data of more than 178 million users on an underground cybercrime forum. According to court documents filed today, the man was identified as Alexander Alexandrovich Solonchenko, a resident of Kirovograd, Ukraine. Facebook alleges that Solonchenko…
Under attack by “Groove,” TriValley Primary Care posts notice on web site and continues caring for patients
Groove, who is making a point of telling anyone who will read their site that Groove is not a gang but just a single person out to prove how easy it is to manipulate media, joined the ranks of those who attack medical entities without regard for the harm they may cause. It appears that…
UT: EMI Health alerting plan members to breach — notices will follow at a later date
EMI Health is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our members’ information. Regrettably, we recently identified and addressed a security incident that involved some of our members’ information. On August 10, 2021, we identified unusual network activity. We immediately took steps to secure the network and began an investigation with the assistance of…