So it seems that the American Bankers Association had a breach, although I didn’t see it any mainstream media reports. Marc Hochstein noted the breach in a column he wrote today: American Bankers Association separately said that email addresses and passwords used to make purchases or register for events through its online shopping cart had…
Category: Exposure
IE: Confidential patient files on street near hospital in Drogheda
BreakingNews.ie reports: Two investigations are underway after confidential patient files were found on a street in Drogheda. The files were discovered by a local man out walking near Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, which says it takes the matter “extremely seriously”. It says all 44 patients affected will be met individually and a letter of…
CA: Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group notifies patients of PHI exposure
Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group in California is notifying patients after learning that for almost two years, patient health records were exposed on the Internet. In an undated template notification letter submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office today, they write: Based on our investigation, on September 10, 2013 a document scanning device inadvertently exposed some patient health…
OCR “actively working” on Systema Software breach
Chris Vickery, who discovered the Systema Software leak, informs DataBreaches.net that he filed a complaint with HHS/OCR about the leak. Of note, and in response to an inquiry he sent on September 17 asking about the status of his complaint, OCR responded today: We are aware of this case and are actively working on it. …
Nanaimo school district apologizes after students’ personal information goes to wrong parents
NewsTalk980 reports: The Nanaimo school district is apologizing after a printout containing students’ personal information fell into the hands of the wrong parent. […] Parents had reported getting a printout with their child’s personal information on one side, but with the information of a second student on the other. The printout detailed things like phone…
UK: Data breach shock at trust which runs FGH in Barrow
The North-West Evening Mail reports: Confidential medical information including patient names, addresses and medical details were found abandoned in public places last year. The private documents were handed in to health bosses after being located in a bin, a hospital car park and a recently-cleaned hospital apartment, a report has revealed. A fourth serious data…