Maggie Miller and Laura Kelly report: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield’s Community Health Plan District of Columbia (CHPDC) suffered a data breach carried out by what it described as a “foreign cybercriminal” group in January that potentially impacted sensitive data, the company told customers this week. The insurance provider notified customers in writing through a letter obtained…
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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is contacting 58 people after a data breach
ChrisD reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is contacting 58 people after a data breach. The WRHA says a home care employee had a bag stolen from her vehicle containing employees’ daily schedule of activities, including personal health information for her clients on March 26. The forms that were in the bag may have contained…
UK: Woman stalked by radiographer after NHS file accessed speaks out
Alice Liana Galli reports: A woman stalked by a radiographer after he stole her NHS files has spoken for the first time about the impact of his actions on her life and how she moved home. Waiving her anonymity, Vivien Hamilton spoke to The Ferret because she wants to help other women who may be…
De: Another data breach in COVID-19 test centers
Jana Ballweber reports (translation) After glaring security deficiencies in the IT of Corona test centers became known in March, thousands of test results including personal data could be found online again. Security experts from the “Zerforschung” group managed to view the names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, email addresses and test results of over 14,000 people tested from centers in Hamburg,…
Follow-up: Adventist Health Physician’s Network fined $40,000 for 2018 breach incident
Jeremy Childs reports: Adventist Health Physician’s Network, a hospital in Simi Valley, was fined $40,000 as part of a civil privacy settlement this week, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. The settlement stems from an incident in October 2018 when private medical files were found inside a storage unit in Simi Valley. The…
310,000 Records Compromised In University Of Colorado Data Breach, Including Social Security Numbers & University Financial Information
Audra Streetman reports: The University of Colorado released new information on Friday about the Accellion data breach that compromised more than 310,000 university records. Officials say the data accessed in the breach includes personally identifiable information, including grades and transcript data, visa and disability status, medical and prescription information and in limited cases, Social Security…