Attacks on the healthcare sector is a global concern. Amitai Ziv writes: News that a Knesset member recently underwent a medical procedure was leaked to the media and onto social networks within days. Given that most people would prefer their medical information remain private, the leak presumably caused great embarrassment to the MK and his…
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Patient info from Missouri clinic hacked by TheDarkOverlord remains online and available. Why?
In a post yesterday, I reported that protected health information and identity information of patients of Athens Orthopedic Clinic that had been leaked online by hackers remained available to anyone who knows where to look for it. Although it’s frustrating and understandably worrying to patients, I give AOC credit that they tried to find the leaks and plug them. I…
Data for 6 Million Minecraft Gamers Stolen from Leet.cc Servers
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Data breach index service LeakedSource has told Softpedia that it has received the full database and source of Leet.cc, a service for creating and running Minecraft Pocket Edition servers. According to a LeakedSource spokesperson, the database includes records for 6,084,276 users that have signed up with Leet.cc. For each user, the data included a username,…
Plaintiffs Cannot Bring Data Breach Lawsuits Without Evidence That Information Will Be Used To Harm
Every time there’s a big breach that has consumers or patients outraged, I see rumblings in the Comments section of posts about class-action lawsuits. An article by John Devine, Edward McAndrew, and Gregory Szewczy of Ballard Spahr about a recent opinion in District Court for the D.C. Circuit is a timely reminder of the uphill battle plaintiffs may…
Athens Orthopedic Clinic patient data still exposed on leak site
DataBreaches.net discovered today that two copies of a paste (data dump) with over 860 AOC patients’ information is still available online if you know where to look for it. I’m providing a redacted screenshot below so patients can get a sense of what these pastes/leaks look like, although I’ve blacked out most of the street addresses, the…
LA: Center for Neurosurgical and Spinal Disorders discloses hack
KPLC-TV reports that Center for Neurosurgical and Spinal Disorders announced a breach that occurred in July. From the center’s news release: Lake Charles, LA – On the morning of July 21, 2016, we detected an unauthorized intruder in one of our computers. Access to this computer was immediately shut down; subsequently, CNSD’s servers and network were taken…