I’m not sure what it might take to get a real shift in how entities approach security of employee email accounts. Despite known risks of phishing and hacks, a tremendous amount of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) resides in emails or email attachments in employee accounts. Read the following chronology provided…
Category: U.S.
Twitter says some business users had their private data exposed
Zack Whittaker reports: Flip the “days since the last Twitter security incident” back to zero. Twitter said Tuesday that it has emailed its business customers, such as those who advertise on the site, to warn that their information may have been compromised in a security lapse. Read more on TechCrunch.
Georgia hospital claims it is investigating medical records theft, suspends employees
Laura Dyrda reports that Landmark Hospital of Athens in Georgia is investigating the theft of medical records and on June 19 suspended three employees who may have been involved. But there’s likely a lot more to this story than employees stealing medical records. Four nurses at that hospital have filed a lawsuit against the hospital accusing…
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin notifies patients of April security incident
June 22 — CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin announced today that it has taken action after becoming aware of an incident that took place on April 23, 2020 in which an unapproved third party gained access to patient information. Though we have no evidence to confirm that information was actually viewed or obtained by the…
Florida Orthopedic Institute hit by ransomware
Florida Orthopedic Institute has notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a ransomware attack on April 6. Their notification does not indicate what type of ransomware was involved, or whether they paid any ransom. They are offering their patients identity monitoring services with Kroll, but note that they have no evidence that any patient data…
‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments
Brian Krebs reports: Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last week. The collection, dubbed “BlueLeaks” and made searchable online, stems from a security breach at a Texas web design and hosting company that maintains a number of state law enforcement data-sharing portals. The collection…