Protenus has published its Breach Barometer for April, with data and some analyses provided by this site. The analyses were based on the following incidents: Amedisys Home Health Area Agency of Aging 1-B: On March 31, 2017 the Area Agency on Aging 1-B (AAA 1-B) became aware of an unintentional potential disclosure of the personal health information…
Category: Breach Incidents
TN: Williamson County Schools warns parents of security breach in student/teacher software
A follow-up on a breach previously noted on this site. I imagine we’ll see a number of these from school districts in the weeks and months to come. Williamson County Schools sent a message to parents Friday warning about a security breach of it’s (sic) Edmodo system putting student and parent information at risk. The…
“We’re not responsible:” TheDarkOverlord denies hacking Disney’s new Pirates movie
Since June of 2016, when they somewhat burst on the scene, there has been a lot written about the hacker/collective known as TheDarkOverlord (TDO). A lot of it appears to be just plain inaccurate, but in some cases, the inaccurate reporting can be traced back to misleading communications or tweets by TDO. As a recent example of miscommunication creating an inaccurate…
“Shoot the messenger:” NYC hospital and vendor threaten DataBreaches.net for reporting on their security failure
Vendor’s mistake potentially exposed “millions” of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital patients’ information; Hospital and vendor try to claim that iHealth Solutions was “hacked” by security researchers who uncovered the security problem; Hospital and vendor issue series of demands, threaten DataBreaches.net for reporting on incident; On May 3, Kromtech Security’s research team, conducting routine research, found that confidential and sensitive patient…
Coney Island Hospital notifies patients of….. what?
Crain’s reports: A volunteer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island gained unauthorized access to the protected health information of nearly 3,500 patients, the hospital told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week. The volunteer in Coney Island’s phlebotomy department entered patient names in a logbook, cleaned up data storage areas and transported…
Charlotte medical practice worker sold patients’ private info for $10 apiece, feds say
Blake Hanson reports on an incident that was seemingly reported to federal regulators and patients last year, but flew under the media radar for the most part until criminal charges were revealed this week: Federal prosecutors have charged a Charlotte medical practice employee over accusations she sold patient’s private information to an identity thief. Keniona…