Debbie L. Sklar reports an update to a breach lawsuit reported previously on this site: A hospital patient who stuck pencils in her eyes in a suicide attempt, then found out that a photo of her self-mutilation turned up on the Internet three years later, has agreed to settle the part of her lawsuit against Los…
Category: Exposure
North Carolina State University investigating claimed hack (UPDATED)
On January 17, DataBreaches.net became aware of data that had been uploaded to a paste site on January 15. It claimed to be data from the cwise subdomain of North Carolina State University’s web site. From that site: The NOAA Cooperative Program for Climate & Weather Impacts on Society and the Environment (CWISE) is a collaboration between NOAA’s National Climatic Data…
GA: IT worker blamed for voter data leak disputes state’s report
Adrianne M. Haney reports: The now-former state employee who was fired after a data breach exposed Georgia voter’s personal information is disputing, in detail, the Secretary of State’s internal investigation report that pinned blame on him. Read more on 11Alive.
Documents with Social Security numbers found in Albuquerque dumpster
KOAT reports: It’s tax season, and that means a lot of sensitive information is getting printed on a lot of pieces of paper. Action 7 News found some of that paper just lying in an Albuquerque dumpster. “I’m the one that put the stuff in there,” said Frank Shannon. “It’s 10 years old.” That stuff…
UK: Brentwood c2c rail users have personal information shared with over 500 people after mistake
Simon Murfitt1 reports: Brentwood c2c rail users have had their personal email addresses shared with over 500 other rail users. c2c, which operates the line from Shoeburyness to London Fenchurch Street, via Basildon and West Horndon, sent an email last week to 543 customers regarding participation in its automatic delay repay pilot scheme. But the member of staff who…
OH: Community Mercy Health Partners notifies patients after vendor improperly discarded patient records (UPDATED)
There’s an update to the update below. The incident was reported to HHS as impacting Community 113,528 patients’ records. Original post: There’s an update to a breach reported previously on this site. From a statement on their site: Community Mercy Health Partners (CMHP) and its hospitals, Springfield Regional Medical Center and Mercy Memorial Hospital, are committed…