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Ca: No answers on Fort Simpson dump breach until 2020 due to privacy breach backlog

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Dissent

Hilary Bird reports: Almost a year after boxes of personal medical records were found at the Fort Simpson dump, the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner hasn’t had time to investigate the breach. A spokesperson for Elaine Keenan-Bengts’ office says that because of a backlog, the commissioner won’t be able to look into the incident…

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Analyzing Careless Users, An Often Overlooked Threat

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Dissent

Many have written about how to mitigate the risks posed by malicious insiders. But what about the vulnerabilities associated with Careless Users? What actions can healthcare organizations take to better prevent a breach caused by internal negligence? The Clearwater CyberIntelligence® Institute analyzed the Critical and High risks found in Clearwater’s IRM|Analysis™ database, specifically focusing on…

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The University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill School of Medicine Notifying Patients After 2018 Phishing Incident

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Dissent

Some readers may have trouble accessing a notice from the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill due to an issue with Chrome, so I’m embedding the whole notification below.  TL;DR version:  some employees fell for a phishing attack and their email accounts may have been accessed between May 17,…

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CT: Starling Physicians Warns Patients of Data Breach

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Dissent

NBC reports: According to an announcement released Tuesday, Starling was the target of a cyber-phishing attack on February 8. When the Connecticut-based healthcare group learned of the breach, they secured the affected email accounts and hired a forensic security firm. On September 12, investigation found that the email accounts affected by the attack contained information…

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Dental Delta of Arizona discloses phishing attack possibly compromising PII and PHI

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Dissent

Another day, another report of a data security incident because an employee fell for a phishing attack and the entity can’t be sure whether any protected health information or PII was actually accessed. Delta Dental of Arizona disclosed a July 8 incident this week. According to their press release, and after reiterating that they were…

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Data breach put thousands of Florida Blue members’ personal information at risk

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Dissent

C. Isaiah Smalls II reports that the Magellan Health NIA breach reported previously on this site has also impacted Florida Blue members. Florida Blue says “less than 1 percent” of its approximately 5 million members were affected. Read more on Miami Herald. The Magellan NIA attack impacted more than 55,000 members and patients of covered…

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