Back in July, DataBreaches reported on an Avamere Health Services breach. Avamere has now updated their breach notification. Their newer notice is being provided on behalf of the following entities to whom Avamere is a Business Associate as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”): A-One Home Health Services, LLC Avamere at…
Category: Breach Incidents
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Half a million taxpayers and 50,000 police have their information stolen by attackers El Economista reports the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) suffered a cyberattack on its Punto Neutro Judicial (PNJ) platform that connects judicial bodies with other government agencies, including the National Police Force, the Attorney General’s Office, and the General Secretariat…
Arkansas county offices working without computers during possible breach
Bill Bowden reports from Arkansas: Across Arkansas, many county government employees were working without computers on Wednesday after a Rogers-based information technology company told them to shut down computer servers because of a possible security breach. “They’re telling us not to even turn them on, period,” said Stephen Willis, the Newton County assessor in Jasper….
Ransomware attacks: is there a case for paying up?
Hannah Murphy reports: To pay or not to pay? For companies unfortunate enough to be hit by a ransomware attack, that is the crucial question. Ransomware attacks — in which cyber criminals lock up a victim’s data or computer system and release it only if a ransom is paid — exploded in 2020 and 2021,…
Lodi Unified School District reports breach involving its Aeries application
Lodi Unified School District in California has submitted a notification template to the California Attorney General’s Office. The template letter, dated, October 31, 2022, begins: Dear [first name] [last name]: Lodi Unified School District writes to notify you of a recent incident that may impact the privacy of certain information provided to us. We take…
Healthcare provider to incarcerated people discloses breach by data security incident by claims processor
Mediko, Inc. has issued a press release concerning an unintended exposure of protected health information by their third-party claims processor, CorrectCare. According to their notice, on July 6, CorrectCare discovered that two file directories on their server had been misconfigured and were exposing files to the public. The investigation subsequently determined that the exposure occurred…