Another site that reports on health data breaches tends to report on VA breaches in terms of percentage change from the previous month. DataBreaches.net does not do that because, frankly, there’s no consistent pattern or trend, and month-to-month comparisons don’t strike this blogger as particularly useful. Consider the stats from the last three months’ reports: February Summary:…
Category: Government Sector
CA: Stolen state laptop puts inmate patient information at risk (UPDATED)
UPDATE: It turns out “notifying everyone” involved notifying 400,000 people, as reported to HHS. ABC10 reports: California Correctional Health Care Services announced Friday that a laptop was stolen that may contain the personal information of patients. The theft happened from the employee’s personal vehicle on February 25, according to Liz Gransee, public information officer with…
Privacy commissioner closes door on Corner Brook privacy breach
Mistakes happen, and not every incident should result in a regulator investigation or smackdown. Cory Hurly provides a useful example of that: Given there was no complaint from anybody potentially impacted by an inadvertent release of documents on the City of Corner Brook’s website, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner has all but closed the file. Sean Murray,…
Veterans Administration wants to scan dark web for vets’ data
Makes sense to me.
IG Uncovers Data Breach at GSA’s 18F
Dan Verton reports: A cyber vulnerability known to have existed as far back as October 2015 has led to a data breach at the General Services Administration’s 18F digital services organization, the GSA’s inspector general announced today. In a Management Alert Report dated May 12, the GSA IG said more than 100 Google drives used by…
GA: Former IRS Revenue Agent Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft of Taxpayer Information
Creshika C. Wise, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Revenue Agent who impersonated a taxpayer in order to steal over $470,000, has pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated identity theft. According to U.S. Attorney John Horn, the charges and other information presented in court: Creshika Wise worked for the IRS from 2008 until the…