Ed Treleven reports: UnityPoint Health, which operates Meriter Hospital in Madison, delayed reporting a data breach and falsely told patients that information stolen during the breach did not include their Social Security numbers, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison, concerns a reported data breach…
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WA: Email account of Northwest University’s CFO hacked; school out nearly $60,000
Amy Clancy reports: KIRO 7 has uncovered documents detailing the Kirkland Police Department’s ongoing investigation into how a suspect, or ring of suspects, was able to hijack the school email account of Northwest University’s chief financial officer. The hacking of CFO John Jordan’s email account has the Kirkland college out nearly $60,000. According to detectives, the thieves secretly…
City Of Tulsa Systems Hacked
NewsOn6 reports: The City of Tulsa confirms computer hackers broke into several City controlled accounts but says it appears there have been no effects on city systems. According to city officials, six “cloud-based” systems were compromised but they were immediately disabled. Mayor G.T. Bynum says this is not the first time something like this has…
Capital Digestive Care patient data exposed by vendor error
Sometimes by the time a notification appears on a state breach notification site, I’ve forgotten whether I ever reported it or not. Case in point: Capital Digestive Care in Maryland. I knew about it on February 22, and helped make the notification to them to get them to investigate it (it turned out to be…
Personal information found in dumpster behind tax prep office in Lancaster County
Brian Roche reports: The personal information of roughly two dozen people was found in an open dumpster in Lancaster County. An anonymous tip a few days ago directed 8 On Your Side consumer reporter Brian Roche to the dumpster behind a Liberty Tax Service office on Willow Street Pike that just closed last week. Read…
Malware may have compromised some Florida Hospital patient information
Naseem S. Miller reports: A malicious software that recently affected several Florida Hospital websites may have compromised some patient information, the health system said on Wednesday afternoon. […] The compromised websites include FloridaBariatric.com, FHOrthoInstitute.com and FHExecutiveHealth.com. They were taken offline for repair. Read more on Orlando Sentinel. As of the time I’m posting this, I…