Alex Johnson reports: A nonprofit organization affiliated with the FBI confirmed that hackers breached the web servers of multiple chapters and published the names and addresses of hundreds of law enforcement personnel and thousands of other people online. The hacked materials, which were released late last week and obtained Sunday by NBC News, include names,…
Category: Breach Incidents
A clever way to increase awareness in the workplace
Seen on Twitter. This is brilliant :))) Apparently Shawn is the HR boss. pic.twitter.com/N45GxdtwOa — Mladen Prajdic (@MladenPrajdic) April 11, 2019 [The image shows a “Password Change Sign Up Sheet” where employees can list their current password and the one they’d like it changed to. After a few employees signed up publicly that way, there’s…
WA: RS Medical notifies patients because an attacker potentially had access to their information
On April 7, RS Medical disclosed an incident that had the potential to compromise patient information. A copy of the notification from the Vancouver, Washington entity, obtained by DataBreaches.net, indicates that the attacker may not have been particularly interested in patient information, though: The primary purpose of the breach, as determined by internal investigation, was…
How long should it take to issue a breach notification?
Attorney Matt Fisher writes: Notice of a new data breach is posted at least once a day. A frequent feature of many notices is the disclosure that the conduct giving rise to the breach happened months earlier, with the delay sometimes going into years in some instances. The notices typically do not provide much insight…
Questcare Medical Services notifies North Texas patients of data security breach
Here’s a breach description that sounds a lot like the one I just posted from Dakota County, MN. Questcare Medical Services announced Friday that it is addressing a security incident that involved the personal information of patients in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington area. Questcare said in a statement that it has begun an internal investigation, notified…
MN: Dakota County Notifies 1,000 Clients After Employee Email Account Hacked
HASTINGS, Minn., April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ –Dakota County has become aware of a data security incident that involved protected health information maintained by the Dakota County Social Services Department. Dakota County has sent notification letters to the potentially impacted individuals to notify them of this incident and to provide resources to assist them. On February…