The Advocate reports: Humana is notifying about 500 Lafayette customers that their information may have been included in a former employee’s solicitations. In December, Humana terminated a sales agent for violating company policy by emailing his Humana client list to his personal email account. After he was fired, the company says they believe he shared…
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St. Mary’s Hospital Still Won’t Say Whether It Notified Patients Of ‘Wall Of Shame’
Erin Rhoda reports: Since news broke this week that employees at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston created a “wall of shame” of patients with disabilities in 2015 and 2016, the hospital’s parent companies have issued an apology and said those involved were disciplined. But they have been silent on steps they may have taken to notify regulators…
Pitt public health school apologizes for data release
Bill Schackner reports: An administrator in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health who was notifying seven students of balances due accidentally emailed them a spreadsheet attachment with balance information for them and 31 other students, officials said Friday. Read more on The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
PA: Bradford City Hall nearly back to normal after ransomware incident
Marcie Schellhammer reports: Bradford City Hall has been up and running all week after the ransomware attack last weekend. Mayor Tom Riel said Friday the replacement computers are in place. “The computers are fully operational with just a few minor details to be worked out in the coming days,” he said. “We didn’t lose any…
University of Alabama at Birmingham Data Breach Exposes Information Of Thousands Of Patients
Feroze Dhanoa reports: Hackers gained access to some UAB Medicine employee email accounts exposing the protected health information of 20,000 patients, the hospital said this week. UAB Medicine is notifying the affected patients that their information could have potentially been seen by the hackers. Read more on Patch
GA: Cornelia fends off third ransomware attack of the year, upgrades firewall
Rob Moore reports: A ransomware attack on City of Cornelia’s computerized billing system last week resulted in a day of lost productivity, but city leaders are taking steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again. “We did not get to the point of like Atlanta where they actually held us [for] ransom,” City Manager Donald Anderson…