University of Florida Health Shands officials have notified 1,562 individuals affected by a privacy incident involving a former employee who accessed medical records outside the scope of their duties between March 30, 2019 and April 6, 2021. Although this information did not involve Social Security Numbers, insurance details or other financial information, some demographic information…
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The City of Chicago Provides Notice of Jones Day Incident Due to Accellion Hack
CHICAGO, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The City of Chicago today announced that a third-party vendor executing a data transfer of a select group of City email files given to the law firm Jones Day as part of an independent inquiry being conducted by the firm became subject to a security breach. The breach, which at no time…
Cyber criminals potentially accessed data of 10,000 people in Brevard School Board breach
Bailey Gallion reports: Cyber criminals accessed the identifying information of about 10,000 people last year through the email accounts of 12 Brevard County School Board employees, a school district spokesperson said Friday. The School Board became aware of strange activity in its systems on Oct. 31, 2020, and on Jan. 4 determined that someone had…
WA: SEIU 775 Benefits Group notifying 140,000 about hack
On April 4, SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington experienced abnormal activity in their system and started investigating. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized individual had gained access to their systems and had deleted some files with personal and protected health information in the process. There was no evidence, however, that the unauthorized individual had…
Nexelis Group responds to malware attack on systems formerly owned by Pacific Biomarker
Here’s another breach that has not been in the headlines (or at least, not yet). On November 8, 2020, Nexelis Group discovered that their system had been encrypted by malware. According to the notification letter sent to patients in April, the information was contained on the server of a company that Nexelis recently acquired, Pacific Biomarkers….
Medtronic plc notifies patients after employee’s devices accessed by unauthorized person
It hasn’t been in the headlines — at least not yet — but Medtronic, a well-known medical device company, is notifying some customers after an incident one employee’s devices may have compromised personal or patient information. According to a notification letter, on March 12, an employee’s computer, phone, and iPad were “taken and accessed for…