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St. Elizabeth Physicians’ email gaffe exposed patient email addresses

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Dissent

Here’s an incident involving St. Elizabeth Physicians that happened last month but just showed up on HHS’s public breach tool now. From their August 23 notice: On July 12, 2016 St. Elizabeth Physicians inadvertently released the email addresses of 674 individuals in an email sent by its Weight Management Center inviting the recipients to a…

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Geisinger Health Plan notifies 2800 that processing error exposed their PHI to others

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Dissent

Geisinger Health Plan issued the following statement on September 12: DANVILLE, PA — In accordance with Geisinger Health System policy and applicable federal regulations, Geisinger Health Plan has notified approximately 2,800 members from 220 employers that some of their Protected Health Information (PHI) has been disclosed in an unauthorized manner. This disclosure does not affect Geisinger…

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The Mystery of the Reappearing FTP server, Part 2

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Dissent

Earlier this week, in the context of discussing of how old and forgotten databases can come back to bite us in costly databreaches, I reported on a somewhat bizarre situation involving files belonging to a Pennsylvania dentist. I have since obtained more information on that situation, and thought I would update you all. Let’s start…

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Trump’s campaign mute about data security #fail?

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Dissent

It may not be on the level of failing to adequately secure State Department communications, but it seems Donald Trump’s organization could use a refresher course on data security. And when it finishes that, it might want to tackle a course on transparency. On Sunday night, DataBreaches.net received an email from MacKeeper Security Research Center lead researcher Chris Vickery….

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eThekwini shuts down e-services after user data leak

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Dissent

Kyle Venktess reports: Johannesburg – The eThekwini Municipality, which comprises Durban, has shut down its e-services website after it was revealed on Thursday that it was potentially leaking personal data. Fin24 reported on Thursday that the KwaZulu-Natal municipality’s e-services website is susceptible to hacking as residents’ personal information such as ID numbers and other data risks…

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Owen Smith Tweets Login Data to 16,000 Followers

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Dissent

Slack Alice writes: File under “major situational awareness issues”: A picture tweeted out by Labour’s leadership contender Owen Smith’s team inadvertently showed 16,000 people how to log into the Pontypridd MP’s phone bank system. The pic showed the candidate at a phone canvassing session—along with a sign in the background showing the web address, ID,…

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