Mike Hellgren reports: Defense attorneys for the two Maryland doctors accused of providing the private medical records of patients to help the Russian government rested their cases on Friday afternoon. The lawyer for Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist Dr. Anna Gabrielian only called his client to the stand in her own defense. The lawyer for her husband,…
Category: Government Sector
NT Health throws breach notification obligations out the window; says patients should call them to find out if they were affected?!
According to Northern Territory Health’s website, the Australian government agency manages the Northern Territory public health system, operating across five service delivery regions, six hospitals, 74 health clinics, and seven corporate offices. “As NT Health, we work together as one system in partnership with individuals, families, the community, Aboriginal heath organisations and stakeholders to provide…
Amsterdam court hears case against alleged hacker, “DataBox”
DataBreaches previously reported that Dutch police arrested a 25-year-old man from Almere in November of 2022. Erkan S., known as “DataBox” on RaidForums, has been in custody since then. He was charged with dumping the GIS (Gebühren Info Service GmbH) data of nine million Austrians and listing it for sale on RaidForums in May 2020….
Several Louisiana agencies crippled by network outage
Kenny Kuhn reports: Multiple Louisiana state agencies are experiencing a statewide network outage which is causing issues at their field offices across the state. The network outage has crippled state agencies including The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Department…
Ransomware Charges Unsealed Against Russian National in District of Columbia
WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with participating in a global ransomware campaign which deployed ransomware variants against victims in the District of Columbia, the United States, and around the world. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, alleged to use the online monikers Wazawaka, m1x, Broriscelcin, and Uhodiransomwar,…
Illinois Data Breach Exposes Private Information of Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF Recipients
Country Herald reports: The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and Department of Human Services (IDHS) have disclosed a data breach within the State of Illinois Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE) system’s Manage My Case (MMC) portal. The ABE system is responsible for determining eligibility for State-funded medical benefits programs (Medicaid), the Supplemental…