There have never been a lot of breach reports from Luxembourg that make it to this site, but here’s one more. Sascha Georges (Radio), Andy Brücker (RTL.lu) report: Henri Eippers, spokesperson for the judicial administration, told RTL that sensitive documents had been included within the leak. The Luxemburger Wort reported on the data leak on…
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PA: Ex-Geisinger employee accessed hundreds of patients’ info improperly
From their notice of May 18: WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center has notified certain patients that their protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed by an individual employee in a non-permitted manner. On March 20, 2020, Geisinger’s Privacy Office was alerted to a Geisinger Wyoming Valley employee possibly accessing medical records without…
PsyGenics notifies patients after discovering employee emailed patient info to her personal email account
Michigan-based PsyGenics, Inc. provides holistic mental health services to individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On March 25, during a routine security review, they discovered that an employee had emailed files to her personal email account on March 24 — and the spreadsheet contained patients protected health information: name, diagnosis code, appointment time, and…
Indiana Court of Appeals reinstates patient’s lawsuit against a hospital for breach by employee
There’s an update on a lawsuit filed in 2018 that I knew nothing about concerning a breach that occurred in 2017 that I knew nothing about. It’s been one of those days. Thankfully, reporting by Dave Stafford of the Indiana Lawyer showed up in my searches today: A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated…
(Update1) The Palm Beach County School District suffers massive pwd breach after second grader hacks them
See an important update after the original post. From the no-one-could-have-possibly-foreseen-kids-figuring-out-default-password-conventions dept., Andrew Colton reports: The Palm Beach County School District is in the midst of a massive computer security crisis that draws into question the authenticity of every assignment completed by every student since “distance learning” began, after BocaNewsNow.com learned that an elementary school student…
ZA: Gautrain IT technician illegally installed spyware
Zelda Venter reports: A Gautrain technician has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the unlawful installation of spyware to desktop and laptop computers at the Gautrain Management Agency in Midrand. Information technology technician Obakeng Israel Busang, contracted to Gautrain, was sentenced in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court following a guilty plea. Read more…