And this is why I always wait to close out monthly stats in healthcare. The following incident just showed up on HHS’s public breach tool today as having been reported to them on July 30, and affecting 301,000 patients. St. Mary’s Hospital’s notice, below, indicates that the entity was not sure of the number affected. …
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University of Wisconsin system audit reveals risk of cyber attacks, student data at risk
A state audit finds the UW System could be an easy target for cyber attacks or hacks if changes are not made to information technology (IT) security systems. Auditors found risks to accounting, payroll and student data. The UW System has until the end of August to submit plans to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee…
Credit Card Issuer TCM Bank Leaked Applicant Data for 16 Months
Brian Krebs reports: TCM Bank, a company that helps more than 750 small and community U.S. banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who applied for cards between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018….
Washington County report traces path of leaked information
CJ Lovelace reports: A document alleging sexual harassment by a Washington County commissioner was leaked to the father of a local TV news reporter, leading to a 2017 news report about it, according to a county investigative report released Thursday. The report, which was completed a year ago, says 10 county employees were interviewed about…
NY: GE engineer accused of data theft back in court
Lynzi Deluccia reports: The GE engineer accused of stealing secret information from his work was back in court on Thursday. Official court documents show the Niskayuna man is in charge of other companies in China that use the same turbine technology as GE. A 10-page affidavit reveals Zheng was a master at taking the information,…
Was LabMD Hacked? A Key Issue in Lawsuit Against FTC Lawyers
Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap writes: Did LabMD, the now-defunct cancer testing company, expose sensitive patient information with shoddy data security practices as U.S. regulations have charged, or was the company victimized by a private forensics firm extorting it for business – raising the troubling question of whether the entire case against LabMD was…