Texas Health Resources is notifying fewer than 4,000 patients about an email incident last year. They were reportedly asked to delay notification for law enforcement purposes, and were told that this was part of a larger incident affecting multiple entities across the country. Now what larger incident would that be? Texas Health Resources is committed…
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Guardian Jacksonville Notifies 11,521 Patients of Email Compromise of Protected Health Information
From their notice of March 30: Guardian Pharmacy of Jacksonville, LLC (“Guardian”) is notifying certain patients of the unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient information, including patient name, prescription medication information, treatment details, and diagnosis information. For a small number of individuals, this information also included Social Security numbers and health insurance information. …
Singapore teen who hacked NFL Twitter account gets 24 months’ probation
Suhaile Md reports: A Singaporean student who hacked into the official US National Football League’s (NFL) Twitter account was sentenced to 24 months probation at the State Courts on Thursday (5 April). Devesh Logendran, 18, pleaded guilty to 11 charges under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act. Read more on Yahoo! News Singapore.
Police: Hackers tried to alter grades at Virginia school
A search warrant says hackers have attempted to change grades at a Virginia high school. The Washington Post cites the warrant filed in Fairfax County that says the attack began in November when emails were sent from a known Oakton High School Honor Council with a link it purported would take readers to news about…
Curry Health Network notifies members of FastHealth breach
Last month, this site noted a FastHealth breach from 2017 that was first being disclosed. FastHealth had reported it to HHS as impacting 1,345 patients. Now Curry Health Network is notifying its members, and it’s not totally clear if these members were included in the number that had been previously reported to HHS. DataBreaches.net emailed FastHealth…
Data breach hits Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor stores
Matt O’Brien reports: A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores. The chains’ parent company, Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Co., announced the breach of its store payment systems on Sunday. The company said it was…