J. David McSwane reports: Confidential medical records of more than 6,600 Medicaid patients in Texas were unintentionally made public for up to 8 years via the Internet by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. The agency, which is charged with assisting some of the state’s most vulnerable people, became aware of the breach in…
Category: Breach Incidents
Alex Rodriguez Sued By Ex-UM Coach Lazer Collazo Over Biogenesis Records
Over on PHIprivacy.net, I had noted that there were questions about the theft of Alex Rodriguez’s medical records and whether there was any kind of reportable breach. Now Tim Elfrink reports that there’s a lawsuit stemming from the theft: In January 2013, in the days after New Times published an investigation linking Alex Rodriguez to…
Iranian hackers attacking Saudi Arabian, Israeli, and Yemeni sites
Iranian hackers have been busy, it seems, attacking web sites in both Saudia Arabia and Israel. The Tower reports: An Israeli cybersecurity firm released a report on Iranian hacking efforts primarily targeting Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Yemen, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. The Israeli ClearSky cybersecurity company said it has discovered an ongoing wave of…
Missing Link Network breach affects winery clients (update3)
Missing Link Network, the e-commerce provider for a number of wineries, notified its clients on May 27th of a breach that occurred between April 1 and April 30. The breach resulted in the attacker gaining access to customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and payment card data. Affected clients include (links go to their notification…
Home Depot Investor Wants Look At Data Breach Books
Emily Field reports: A Home Depot Inc. stockholder recently hit the retailer with a suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to inspect certain of its books and records related to the data breach last year that’s believed to be the largest in U.S. history. Plaintiff Cora Frohman told the court she intends to inspect these…
Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network
Michael S. Schmidt reports: The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating whether front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, hacked into internal networks of a rival team to steal closely guarded information about player personnel. Investigators have uncovered evidence that Cardinals…