Aneeka Simonis reports: A Melbourne hospital has apologised after the confidential medical records of more than a dozen patients were found on a train. The Herald Sun understands the privacy breach, at the Northern Hospital in Epping, involved 16 patients. The documents, found recently on a South Morang line train, included patients’ names, home addresses, contact…
Category: Breach Incidents
Russian ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Tainted Their Huge Leaks With Fake Data
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: The first evidence that the hacker crew responsible for the breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) snuck false information into their leaks has been uncovered by a group of researchers. The hackers, a group called Fancy Bear that U.S. intelligence and law enforcement claim to be sponsored by Russia’s intelligence unit, the…
HHS OIG: Virginia failed to secure Medicaid data
Jessica Kim Cohen reports that a Virginia audit has highlighted security issues with Medicaid data: During its audit, OIG found Virginia’s Medicaid data and systems did not meet federal standards. MMIS had “numerous significant system vulnerabilities,” despite having a security program in place, according to OIG. These vulnerabilities related to Virginia’s control over the data…
Calling time of death on HHS’s “breach tool”
I was excited back in 2010 when HHS started posting breaches on what some would call the “wall of shame.” I knew that we’d only learn about breaches involving HIPAA-covered entities, but at least we were finally starting to get some actual data. Now, more than 6 years later, it’s become clear to me that it’s probably best to just call time of death…
What kind of month was April for health data breaches?
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…
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…