The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) recently notified individuals who participated in the 100-Days Out event in April 2016 that their personal information was acquired by an unauthorized individual who gained access to the email account of a contractor who ran security clearances for the event. According to their notification, on November 18, USOC learned that an…
Category: Breach Incidents
OptumHealth New Mexico notifies 2,006 members of breach
On Nov. 17, OptumHealth New Mexico began notifying members that a flash drive, mailed by an unnamed vendor on September 16, was discovered on September 26 to have been lost in the postal mail. From their FAQ on the incident: The information contained on the flash drive included individuals’ name and a full or partial date of birth,…
Personal information about Franciscan Health patients stolen
Stacia Glenn reports: A backpack containing personal and medical information about CHI Franciscan Health patients was stolen, prompting the health group to warn patients about possible identity theft. The theft occurred Oct. 18. Taken were a backpack, work laptop, cell phone, paper documents with patient information and a day planner containing the employee’s username and…
Report holds Hitachi responsible for debit card data theft
It looks like I missed a breach report in October involving Hitachi Payment Systems, who initially denied any breach of their system. But now Nupur Anand reports that an interim forensics report has found that there was, in fact, a compromise involving malware: …. The breach is said to have occurred because there was malware…
Aetna division notifying thousands of missing CD
Mike D. Smith reports: Aetna is notifying about 3,000 Texas policyholders affected by a “privacy incident” after a CD containing personal information never arrived at its intended destination. […] The incident occurred after an employee of Aetna Signature Administrators, a division of Aetna, mailed a CD on Sept. 6 to another employee for archiving purposes….
Command Marketing Innovations Reports Printing Error Impacting Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Members
The vendor involved in the recent breach reported on this site involving Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has now issued its own press release: GARFIELD, N.J., Nov. 23, 2016 — Command Marketing Innovations (CMI), a vendor performing print work for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), announced today that on November 2, 2016, it…