Daniel Politi reports: During a briefing on Friday, Donald Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, wanted to tell a feel-good story of where the president had decided to donate his salary this quarter. So she held up the $100,000 check that she said Trump would donate to the Department of Health and Human Services to “support…
Category: Exposure
Five months after they were notified of a data breach, Prime Communication notifies 8,000 employees
Last month, I pointed readers to a news report out of Moore, Oklahoma about how Tonya Smith, a former employee of Prime Communications, had reportedly been sent an email with personal information on 8,000 of their employees. The mistake occurred on December 11, 2019 after Smith had been terminated by Prime for performance issues. In…
TN: The Little Clinic notifies more than 10,000 patients after discovering glitch in online appointment system
The following is a press release: NASHVILLE, Tenn.May 22, 2020– The Little Clinic (TLC) announced today that patients could have had their protected health information (PHI) accessed due to a failure in TLC’s online appointment functionality. The Little Clinic made the discovery internally and found if a patient made an appointment and modified that appointment online,…
Florida joins ranks of states with unemployment application portal data security issues
And then there were 5. I’ve previously noted that four states have reported data security problems with their state portals for pandemic-related unemployment insurance: Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, and Coloradans. Today, I see that Florida has joined the ranks of those that were alerted to data security issues. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity hasn’t said…
Ontario: North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit Announces Privacy Breach
The following is their notice: NORTH BAY, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (“Health Unit”) announced today that there was a privacy breach in relation to its online COVID-19 dashboard. The dashboard contained information related to the number of COVID-19 tests and confirmed cases in the local community. Inadvertently, personal identifying…
Ohioans’ and Coloradans’ personal info exposed in pandemic unemployment data breaches
Two more states have reported breaches or issues with state portals to apply for pandemic-related unemployment benefits. In Ohio, Maggy McDonel reports: The personal information of Ohioans receiving pandemic unemployment assistance was recently exposed to a data breach, according to Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. The information reportedly included names, Social Security numbers…