Zack Whittaker reports: Zocdoc says it has fixed a bug that allowed current and former staff at doctor’s offices and dental practices to access patient data because their user accounts weren’t properly decommissioned. The New York-based company revealed the issue in a letter to the California attorney general’s office, which requires companies with more than 500 residents…
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OK: Harper County Community Hospital targeted with ransomware
Kaylee Douglas reports that Harper County Community Hospital is now disclosing that it experienced a ransomware attack on March 24. Authorities say the protected health information that may have been compromised could include any of the following: first and last name, date of birth, home address, patient account number, diagnosis, social security number and health insurance…
Email breach at Beech Acres resulted in private client information being obtained
Brook Endale reports that Beech Acres Parenting Center discovered employee email accounts with personal and sensitive nformation had been hacked and accessed between Dec. 29 and March 18. The information in the emails included: clients’ names, dates of birth and client account numbers. Treatment or clinical information such as dates of service and provider names were…
NY: EMT posted patient’s confidential info from ambulance, alleges lawsuit
The Staten Island Advance reports: Thanksgiving 2019 is a day one Stapleton resident will never forget. But for all the wrong reasons. An emergency medical technician posted Jermaine Williams’ confidential medical information and cell-phone number online that night without his consent, a lawsuit alleges. And others saw it, William’s lawyer said. At the time, Williams…
KS: FBI Employee Indicted for Illegally Removing National Security Documents, Taking Material to Her Home
May 21 – WASHINGTON – An employee of the FBI’s Kansas City Division has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally removing numerous national security documents that were found in her home. Kendra Kingsbury, 48, of Dodge City, Kansas, was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury…
D.C.: Metropolitan Police Department Employee Sentenced for Accepting More than $40,000 in Cash Bribes in Exchange for Personal Identifying Information of Traffic Crash Victims
May 19 – Aaron Willis, 38, of Maryland, was sentenced today to a term of 36 months’ probation, 6 months’ of intermittent incarceration and six months’ home confinement for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for unlawfully providing information contained in non-public police paperwork identifying individuals involved in traffic accidents, announced Channing D….