Helen Wegner reports: A hospital employee is accused of sharing patient identities with scammers who then fraudulently tried to obtain their COVID-19 unemployment benefits, according to court documents unsealed this week. Matthew Lombardo worked at the Scripps Health hospital in San Diego as a patient service representative where he obtained and verified patient information, including…
Category: Breach Incidents
NZ: Fear patient data may have been stolen from Auckland DHBs
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A data breach may have occurred at the organisation that provides health IT services to more than a third of the country, amid growing indications of a serious cyber-security incident. A spokeswoman for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner said it was notified by Counties Manukau DHB of a possible data breach…
Ca: Health unit privacy breach exposes email addresses of 500 residents of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton
KawarthaNOW reports: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit has reported a privacy breach, in which a mass email sent to around 500 residents in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton exposed their email addresses to anyone who received the email. Read more on KawarthaNOW
Za: Transnet reports disruption on its IT network, employees told to shut down
Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company. Today, they tweeted that they were experiencing a disruption: Transnet experiencing disruption on its IT network pic.twitter.com/bGwGweySL0 — Transnet SOC Ltd (@follow_transnet) July 22, 2021 Transnet experiencing disruption on its IT network [Johannesburg; 22 July 2021] Transnet Ltd SOC (“Transnet”) is currently…
Talbert House investigating hack and theft of employee and client data
On July 9, threat actors calling themselves “Marketo” added a listing to their leak site for Talbert House in Ohio. Talbert House is an agency with a network of services focusing on prevention, assessment, treatment and reintegration for clients with a variety of issues. Their affiliates include the Council on Child Abuse of Southern Ohio…
Be: Hit by cyberattack, the Courcelles Public Social Action Center persevered to respond to floods and emergency conditions
On July 15, the Courcelles Public Center for Social Action (CPAS) issued a statement on its Facebook page: !!Alles CPAS Administrative Services have been forced to stop since Tuesday. We have been the subject of a large-scale cyber attack and our security systems unfortunately have not been able to counter it. The IT Department worked…