Lynne Hayes-Freeland reports: A local YMCA is investigating after boxes of documents containing employees’ personal information were found in a dumpster. In all, hundreds of documents containing personal information about Cloverleaf YMCA employees were found Monday. Read more on CBS Pittsburgh.
Category: U.S.
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…
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…
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…
Feds Looking Into Whether Hack of US Government Affected Private Citizens Too
Mike Levine reports: Federal investigators are trying to determine whether the massive hack into federal systems announced this past week impacted far more than the estimated 4 million current and former government employees already acknowledged by the Obama administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. In particular, investigators are considering the possibility that…
IN: Defunct “My Fast Lab” leaves patient information exposed
Giles Bruce reports yet another instance where a firm or covered entity closes and confidential data is just dumped, unshredded. I wish HHS and/or FTC would go after more of these situations and impose some serious consequences to send a clear message that this will not be tolerated. Medical tests. Copies of Social Security cards,…