Baylor College of Medicine is sending notification letters to an unspecified number of former applicants. In the letter, Randy Langenderfer, Vice President, Chief Compliance and Audit Officer writes that they first became aware of a possible database breach in October, 2016. In November 2016, those affected were notified of the compromise. Now Langenderfer writes: In late…
Category: Breach Incidents
Kansas agency’s data restored after ransomware attack
Greg Mast reports: East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging was the victim of a computer breach earlier this fall. The breach at ECKAAA, 117 S. Main, Ottawa, occurred Sept. 5. Files containing names, address, telephone number, birthdate, social security number and/or Medicaid number were encrypted by ransomware, which means the agency could not “open…
Patient information lost, found in bag on McGalliard
Keith Roysdon reports: A bag of patient information was lost for several days and recovered along McGalliard Road in Muncie, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital has announced. The bag contained billing paperwork for about 1,399 patients, according to the hospital, which is part of the IU Health network. The bag was lost around Sept. 23…
Staunton medical practice reports patient data breach after employee wrong-doing
Gabe Cavallaro reports: Valley Family Medicine (VFM) in Staunton announced Friday that there was a breach of protected health information for some of its patients in mid-July. Two employees printed and misused a mailing list of 8,450 patient names and addresses. One of those employees then used that list to make postcard notifications informing certain…
Exclusive: Government attempt to compromise us with NIT failed – TheDarkOverlord
In an exclusive interview with DataBreaches.net, TheDarkOverlord discusses government attempts to compromise them and the commercial success of their operations. While reporting on TheDarkOverlord hack involving the information of Flathead, Montana students, Matt Hoffman of the Billings Gazette included a somewhat surprising detail: At one point, unsuccessful raids were conducted in London attempting to locate hackers,…
“We’ve maintained access to Line 204’s network for a year” – TheDarkOverlord
First it was Larson Studios. Then an attempt to extort its clients, like Netflix. And now it’s Line 204. Lest there be any doubt, TheDarkOverlord wants you to know it is serious about attacking Hollywood “with prejudice.” And despite what Line 204’s owner claimed, the hack on Line 204 was not last week. It occurred…