In a refreshingly straightforward breach disclosure, Sentara Health in Virginia reports that on December 19, an anonymous individual called their Compliance Hotline to alert them that while searching for something online, the called had stumbled across an exposed file with patients’ Medicare billing information. Sentara quickly verified the caller’s report and determined that the file…
Category: Exposure
Piles of confidential ANZ bank documents found ‘floating down the street’ after they were carelessly dumped in a skip bin on a busy street
Brett Lackey reports: Piles of confidential documents containing the personal details of ANZ customers have been found thrown in a skip bin on a busy street by someone walking by. Scott Collins, 26, was walking near Armadale Central Shopping Centre, in Perth’s south-east, when he noticed the papers overflowing from the bins which were being used…
UK: Data Leak Hits Thousands of NHS Workers
Phil Muncaster reports: An estimated 14,000 employees at a Liverpool NHS hospital trust have been informed that their data was leaked via email due to human error, according to reports. A file containing sensitive payroll information was sent to hundreds of NHS managers and 24 external accounts, according to an apology letter to victims from…
Mscripts notifies 66,372 patients whose prescription information was in unsecured cloud storage for two years
“Thousands of pharmacies & millions of people use mscripts,” the mscripts website claims. “We provide a digital communication platform to help patients stay on track with their healthcare by delivering targeted messages through a mobile and web platform tied directly to the pharmacy dispensing system,” the California firm explains. mscripts is Cardinal Health’s mobile pharmacy…
UK: Lancashire County Council has referred itself following a data breach
Amy Farnworth reports: Lancashire County Council has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office following a data breach involving its new HR and finance system. At this point there is no evidence that personal data has been publicly available, only that this information has been visible to internal users should someone want to find it….
Data Breach Reported At Mount Pleasant Central School District
Ben Crnic reports: A data breach may have exposed information related to some students at a school district in Northern Westchester. The breach was announced by Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo on Friday, Feb. 17, who said that several student email passwords may have been compromised by the incident. After the data breach…