ABC in Australia reports: The Australian National University has been hit by a massive data hack, with unauthorised access to significant amounts of personal details dating back 19 years. A sophisticated operator accessed the ANU’s systems illegally in late 2018 but the breach was only detected two weeks ago, the university said in a statement….
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Update on American Medical Collection Agency breach: Almost 12 million Quest Diagnostic patients impacted
On May 10, DataBreaches.net broke the story of a medical collection agency breach involving American Medical Collection Agency. The breach had been discovered by Gemini Advisory, who informed this site that they had found approximately 200,000 patients’ payment card info for sale on a well-known marketplace. The cards had apparently been compromised between September, 2018…
NY: Broome County security breach put employees’ and clients’ personal information at risk
Katie Sullivan Borrelli reports: Broome County says an unauthorized individual may have had access to the personal information of county employees and individuals who receive the county’s care, including their Social Security numbers, medical records and bank account information. In a news release sent on its behalf by Mullen Coughlin LLC, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, the…
Citrix Sued For Not Securing Employee Info Before Data Breach
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A class action complaint was filed by an ex-employee of Citrix for damages suffered following the security breach which allowed hackers to access Citrix’s internal assets for roughly six months and to steal sensitive personal information of both current and former employees. The plaintiff is Lindsey Howard, “a resident and citizen of…
Tennessee, 15 Other States Reach $900,000 Data Breach Settlement With Medical Informatics Engineering
Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced Wednesday that a U.S. District Court judge has signed a consent judgment negotiated by 16 states’ attorneys general and Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. This case was the nation’s first-ever multistate lawsuit involving a HIPAA-related data breach. The lawsuit, led by Indiana, was filed in December of 2018 against…
Hackers steal key info about home hunters from housing agency
DutchNews.nl reports: Hackers have made off with hundreds, possibly thousands, of identity card scans after breaking into the computer system of rental housing agency NederWoon. The information stolen by hackers was uploaded to the site between 2017 and 2019 by people looking for somewhere to live. The hackers now have their name, address, contact information…