So Harvest Bible Chapel d/b/a Walk in the Word Ministries notified donors of a vendor breach that they learned about on May 30, 2017. We determined that the unknown individual may have accessed payment information, including name, address, telephone number, credit/debit card, or checking account information depending on the form of payment you used on our…
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Ivinson Memorial Hospital notifies patients of FastHealth breach
Another FastHealth client is disclosing the vendor’s malware breach to its patients. Eve Newman reports: More than 500 Ivinson Memorial Hospital patients should receive notices in coming days that their billing and health information might have been compromised because of a security breach involving a hospital website vendor. FastHealth, which provides website services to IMH,…
University of Iowa Health Care notifies 5,292 patients about files exposed online for two years
Public Notice – Patient Information Improperly Disclosed at University of Iowa Health Care On April 29, 2017, University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) discovered that, in May 2015, a limited set of data containing protected health information of approximately 5,300 patients at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics was inadvertently saved in unencrypted files that…
OR: Prineville woman charged in St. Charles Bend data breach
Barney Lerten reports the latest update on an insider-snooping case previously noted on this site: Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel filed criminal charges Tuesday against a Prineville woman for illegally accessing scores of electronic patient records in the St. Charles Health System. Dawnielle Vaca, 35, while employed as a certified nursing assistant at St….
Menlo Park dental practice notifies patients of hack and ransom demand
The following is one of the best notification letters I have ever read. I have sent an email to Dr. Yaley to ask a few questions for clarification and follow-up purposes, as some of this sounds like it could be the work of TheDarkOverlord. Regardless of who the attackers are, however, the notification letter below could…
Hackers nab credit card data from up to 1,000 California Realtors
Jeff Collins reports: Just over 1,000 California Association of Realtors members may have been affected by a breach of the online store they use to buy everything from blank home sales contracts and disclosure forms to books, software, magnets, lapel pins and coffee mugs. The malware attack, which occurred from March 13 through May 15, prompted CAR…