I realize that some will fault the entity for making early notification before they have all the facts, but my hat is off to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). On May 6, they suffered – and quickly stopped – a successful spear-phishing attack that gave the attacker access to one employee’s mail account. That account…
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Condé Nast notifies 1,100 WIRED subscribers after subscriber page vendor breach
Condé Nast is notifying about 1,100 WIRED subscribers of a breach involving their payment information. In a notification letter dated May 9, they write: The WIRED subscription page is hosted by a third-party vendor. We believe that an unauthorized party accessed our vendor’s systems in an attempt to acquire information about approximately 1,100 WIRED subscription…
Numbers from the OS, Inc. breach dribble in…
OS, Inc. provides revenue management (billing) services to covered entities. I recently reported on a phishing-related breach they experienced in 2018 that was first disclosed this month. As I noted in that post, their notification specifically mentioned a number of their affected clients. Their disclosure did not, however, provide a total number of patients affected,…
Update: Oklahoma Dept of Securities notifying individuals affected by 2018 security incident
Here’s another case where there’s a long gap between discovery of an incident and notification to individuals. The Oklahoma Department of Securities had an incident that began Nov. 29, 2018. It was discovered December 11, 2018. On January 16, 2019, the agency issued a statement saying: The Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) has initiated a…
Pacers company discloses data breach
The company associated with the Indiana Pacers – Pacers Sports & Entertainment (“PSE”) – issued a notice yesterday about a data security incident. Curious as to whether it impacted fans or employees, I skimmed it… only to be reminded yet again that our medical or health data can be breached in all kinds of settings….
25,148 patients served by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence notified of ransomware incident
Here’s yet another ransomware incident in which investigators couldn’t really determine whether ePHI were actually accessed, so the entity notified HHS and is notifying patients. In this case, we are dealing with what could be treatment information for more stigmatizing conditions such as alcoholism or addiction. According to their report to HHS, 25,148 patients are…