Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Wyoming has posted a data security incident notice on its website. According to the notice, on or about April 5, 2019, CRMC became aware of suspicious activity related to certain employee payroll accounts and launched an investigation. They ultimately determined that some CRMC employee accounts were accessed without authorization between…
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Biggest data leaks of 2019 that hit Indians
Prabhjote Gill provides a recap of some of the biggest breaches and data leaks affecting Indian residents in 2019. You can read her report on Business Insider. It’s a by-the-numbers type of analysis, but it omits one incident that has numbers higher than one of the ones on their list. The 1to1Help.net leak was not…
Indiana objects to proposed Equifax data breach settlement
According to Bloomberg Law, Indiana has filed an objection to the proposed Equifax data breach settlement. The state wants the language of the settlement changed to exclude further actions by state attorneys general, or failing that, for the court to reject the proposed settlement.
How can we screw up incident response? Let me count the ways — Monday UK Edition
This week, DataBreaches.net was reminded yet again of the risks of trying to alert an entity to a breach. This time, it was not me who was threatened or any of the whitehat researchers I know. This week, it was a citizen who found patient records on the street in his town and undertook to…
Medical Devices Face January 14 D-Day
Medlaw reports: January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 7. So what? Well, if you are in the medical community, it could mean the choice between spending big money on updating the operating systems of your medical devices or facing the constant attacks of hackers with vulnerable, out-dated software. Some hospitals have updated medical…
Russian disinformation campaign behind leak of Labour’s NHS documents, Reddit says
The Press Association reports: Leaked documents used by Jeremy Corbyn as proof Tories are planning to sell off the NHS have been linked to a Russian disinformation campaign on Reddit, the social media platform has said. Reddit said it had banned 61 accounts following an investigation of suspect activity. Read more on BreakingNews.ie.