The Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is informing approximately 5,220 individuals of the potential exposure of their protected health information (PHI). On April 7, 2017, DOM officials became aware of an issue with the online service the agency used to create forms posted to DOM’s website (http://medicaid.ms.gov). Once an online form was submitted the information…
Category: Breach Incidents
Massive privacy breach at Public Services reveals workers’ salaries
Dean Beeby reports: The personal information of almost 13,000 public servants was exposed in one of the largest ever privacy breaches at a federal government department. The July 11, 2016, breach at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) included the salary, age, reading-and-writing test results and other private information of 12,901 employees — nearly everyone working…
Hackers in South Korea arrested after breach of hotel app
John Culbertson reports: Hackers suspected of breaching a popular South Korean mobile app and stealing the personal data of more than 990,000 users have been arrested, local police say. South Korean television network YTN reported Thursday the hotel and guesthouse reservation app “Good Choice” was hacked in March by a group that operated in the…
Ca: Website hack exposed Prairie Mountain Health patients’ personal, medical info
The Brandon Sun reports: Personal and medical information of more than 1,000 Prairie Mountain Health patients are at risk after an internal website was hacked. The regional health authority, in a statement Friday, said they do not believe the intent of the hack was to access personal information, but conceded they cannot exclude the possibility…
UK: Memory stick led to stolen computer
A memory stick dropped in a supermarket carpark led to the discovery of a computer, stolen from Nottinghamshire Police, in the home of one its intelligence analysts. Keith Robson, 59, of Greaves Lane, Edingley, admitted stealing the computer and knowingly or recklessly disclosing personal data when he appeared before Nottingham magistrates on Monday. Read more…
Ca: Paradise woman charged with accessing personal information at RNC
Annette Kennedy is the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary civilian employee who been charged with three offences under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, The Telegram has learned. The 49-year-old Paradise woman is scheduled to appear in provincial court in St. John’s June 19. Kennedy is a dispatcher with the RNC, a civilian position….