We’re still learning of other Bizmatics clients who were notified that their patient data may have been acquired by criminals. Lifewellness Institute in California notified HHS this month that they had notified 2,473 of their patients of the incident. In a letter to their patients, a copy of which was kindly provided to DataBreaches.net by Lifewellness Institute, they…
Category: U.S.
FTC reverses ALJ in LabMD case, finds for itself
From the no-surprise dept., this press release on an opinion by the FTC finding totally in their own favor: Commission Finds LabMD Liable for Unfair Data Security Practices Stating Company Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Medical and Personal Information The Federal Trade Commission today announced the issuance of an Opinion and Final Order reversing an…
MN: Wadena computers infected with virus
There seems to be just so much wrong here that it’s hard to know where to begin.
NAIC Cybersecurity Task Force Weighs Credit Freezes
As a resource for my site visitors, I thought I’d mention an article by Josephine Cicchetti and Laura Wall on the relative merits of a credit freeze as opposed to credit monitoring if you are notified that your data has been caught up in a data breach. For a number of years now, both Brian Krebs…
Russia to U.S., Trump: Sort out your own pre-election hacking scandal
Andrew Osborn and Maria Tsvetkova report: Russia told the United States on Thursday to get to the bottom of a hacking scandal involving Democratic Party emails itself and rejected what Donald Trump said was a sarcastic suggestion that Moscow should dig up Hillary Clinton’s “missing” emails. Trump, the Republican Party’s presidential candidate, angered Democratic circles…
Memorial Hermann notifies employees of privacy incident
Dawn Brooks reported this earlier this month: Memorial Hermann Wednesday announced an incident involving the disclosure of protected health information to select primary care physicians. The company said the information disclosed was limited to the member’s demographic information, that no medical information was disclosed. A Memorial Hermann employee on May 16 reported potential improper use…