Debra Cassens Weiss reports: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled that a Chinese asylum-seeker can sue the Clark Hill law firm over a 2017 hack that allegedly exposed personal data online. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled last week in the case of Guo Wengui, who describes himself in the malpractice suit as…
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Munson Healthcare notifies patients after discovering compromised employee email accounts contained PHI employee email accounts compromised
Munson Healthcare in Michigan has published notice of a data breach: Munson Healthcare became aware of a recent data security incident where certain employee email accounts were accessed by an unauthorized third-party. Upon learning of this issue, Munson Healthcare commenced a prompt and thorough investigation, working closely with external cybersecurity professionals. After an extensive forensic…
Nigerian man arrested 3 years after $850,000 stolen from Boulder Valley School District
Dara Bitler reports: The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says a Nigerian man has been arrested more than three years after $850,000 was stolen from the Boulder Valley School District in an email scam. According to the arrest affidavit, Sherifdeen Mogaji, 39, was arrested on February 21 and booked into the Boulder County Jail on suspicion of theft…
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance notifies more than 81,000 patients after discovering two employee email accounts had been compromised
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (TOA) recently notified more than 81,000 patients after an unknown party gained access to an employee’s email account. TOA first detected unusual activity in the account on October 18, 2019. A forensic investigation determined that data containing former and current patients’ personal or protected health information contained within two email accounts may…
Medical Records From Shuttered Mental Health Clinic Found Dumped In West Englewood Alley
Tara Molina reports: Hundreds of pieces of paper containing people’s most sensitive information were found dumped in an alley. The papers were mental health records from a South Side center that closed years ago. CBS 2’s Tara Molina worked Tuesday to determine how they ended up on the street. […] We found the documents are…
Advocate Aurora’s HR system breached in email phishing campaign
Lauren Anderson reports: The personal information of some current and former Advocate Aurora Health employees, including their Social Security numbers and bank accounts, might have been compromised in an email phishing campaign. The Milwaukee- and Downers Grove, Illinois-based health system said the early January breach gave an unauthorized individual temporary access to a human resource…