Update of April 24: On April 21, BHC reported this incident to HHS as impacting 4,229 patients. Original Post: In what may be the worst breach of 2017 so far in terms of highly sensitive and confidential patient records, a behavioral and mental health center in Maine recently learned that its patients’ records – including…
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While investigating ransomware incident, ABCD Pediatrics uncovers evidence of other intrusion; more than 55,000 patients notified
ABCD Pediatrics, PA (“ABCD”) is committed to providing quality pediatric healthcare in the San Antonio area. Our mission is to provide the best care, to each patient, every time. With that being said, ABCD is writing to inform you about an incident that may have affected its patients’ protected health information. This notification is made…
Parents of accused Yahoo hacker claim son is innocent ‘scapegoat’
Jackie Dunham reports: The parents of a 22-year-old Ancaster, Ont. man charged in connection with a massive cybersecurity breach at Yahoo are speaking out in defence of their son. Akhmet and Dinara Tokbergenov say that their son, Karim Baratov, wasn’t a hacker. Instead, they say, he created websites in a “legitimate business” that paid for…
OpPlan 5027 Exposed to Hackers
KBS reports: In an exclusive report, it has been made known that a South Korea-U.S. key war plan was exposed in a hacking attack in September of last year. While pointing to North Korea, the ministry had initially believed that there was no major security breach. However, recent investigations have revealed otherwise. Read more on KBS…
Police announce arrest following alleged breach of B.C.’s PharmaNet system
The Canadian Press reports an arrest in a case involving inappropriate access to B.C.’s PharmaNet system: An investigation was launched in February after police were notified that someone was fraudulently using information obtained through the data system. […] The province said in a release Monday that 20,500 people may have had their information viewed inappropriately, up dramatically…
International Association of Athletics Federations discloses cyber attack
Brian Homewood reports: The governing body of global athletics (IAAF) said on Monday it had suffered a cyber attack which it believes has compromised information about athletes’ medical records. An IAAF statement said the hacking group known as Fancy Bear was believed to be behind the attack in February and that it targeted information concerning…