Chao Xiong reports: A young hacker reeling from the Philando Castile case and the acquittal of the officer who killed him broke into several state databases last year and boasted about his exploits. “An innocent man is dead, while a guilty man is free,” the hacker, known as “Vigilance” tweeted in part last year. The…
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UPDATED: Dignity Health units disclose breaches in Arizona, Nevada, and California affecting more than 60,000 patients
Last month, Dignity Health reported breaches to HHS that involved three of their hospitals in Nevada: Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals – San Martin (1764 patients); Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals – Siena (2078 patients), and Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-DeLima (2174 patients). The incident involved the hospitals providing documentation to an unnamed local…
Medical records for more than 600 patients stolen from Moran Eye Center
Paighten Harkins reports: Someone stole a laptop computer and a hard drive from the John A. Moran Eye Center, compromising the medical records of more than 600 of its patients. The theft occurred April 3, when someone took the laptop from locked storage at the center, 65 Mario Capecci Drive, according to a news release….
MI: Holland Eye Surgery & Laser Center notifies 42,200 patients about 2016 hack
After his victim allegedly didn’t respond to his repeated demands for a “security fee,” a hacker accuses the victim of covering up a hack for almost two years. One of the breaches added to HHS’s public breach tool this past week is a breach reported by Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center in Michigan. The…
Purdue warns patients that their information might be compromised
Ron Wilkins reports: Patients of the Purdue University Pharmacy and the Family Health Clinic of Carroll County are receiving notices this week that their information might be compromised because of a security breach. Letters informing patients were mailed out Friday, according to a Purdue news release. Read more on Journal & Courier.
Court rejects prosecution’s request for longer sentence, sentences Karim Baratov to 5 years plus a $250,000 fine
SAN FRANCISCO – Karim Baratov, aka Kay, aka Karim Taloverov, aka Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, 23, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine, which encompasses all of his remaining assets. The sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse for the Northern District of California, Assistant Attorney…