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One year after the malware attack on Düsseldorf University Hospital: no trace of perpetrators

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Dissent

Heise Online reports (translated): Almost a year after the momentous hacker attack on the Düsseldorf University Hospital, the investigators have no hot lead to the perpetrators. The investigations continued, however, because, among other things, responses to requests for legal assistance to authorities in several countries were pending, said a spokesman for the responsible public prosecutor’s…

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Audit of the Department of Defense’s Controls on Health Information of Well-Known Department of Defense Personnel (DODIG-2021-106)

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Dissent

Summary from the OIG: Objective The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD effectively controlled access to health information of well-known DoD personnel.   Background The DoD maintains millions of electronic health records on its DoD beneficiaries, [REDACTED] DoD personnel who are granted access to health information to perform their official duties…

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700,000 French pharmacy Covid test results left publicly available

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Dissent

Ellie Fullalove reports (machine translation follows): A data leak involving an online platform used to transfer data from antigen tests carried out at pharmacies to the government platform SI-DEP has made 700,000 covid test results public, along with personal information. The platform known as Francetest was alerted to the bug in its system by the…

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Sturdy Hospital in Attleboro sued over data breach

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Dissent

George W. Rhodes reports: A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sturdy Memorial Hospital alleging it failed to properly protect personal patient information that was stolen in a ransomware attack earlier this year. […] “Defendant maintained and secured the PII (personally identifiable information) in negligent manner by failing to safeguard against ransomware attacks,” the…

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VaxiCode flaw: Quebec refused to give immunity to the whistleblower

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Dissent

Thomas Gerbet reports (machine translation follows): Contrary to what the Minister of Digital Transformation, Eric Caire, said, the Quebec government has never offered immunity to the computer scientist who discovered the security flaw in the VaxiCode health passport application. Exchanges of emails obtained by Radio-Canada reveal the underside of this affair and show that the…

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Public health, vaccination records exposed in Denton County data breach related to Microsoft Power Apps

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Dissent

Maggie Prosser reports: Hundreds of thousands of public health records, including COVID-19 vaccination details, were exposed in a data breach that was linked to an app that is used at Denton County vaccine clinics, officials say. A malfunction in the third-party software revealed contact and identifying information, as well as COVID-19 vaccination types and appointment…

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