Last month, Dignity Health reported breaches to HHS that involved three of their hospitals in Nevada: Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals – San Martin (1764 patients); Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals – Siena (2078 patients), and Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-DeLima (2174 patients). The incident involved the hospitals providing documentation to an unnamed local…
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Privacy Commissioner says Avenue Living privacy breach poses a risk
Leah Murray reports that an insider breach at a property management firm resulted in dozens of tenants being notified that their information may have been stolen. The unauthorized access is believed to have occurred sometime between August 2016 and November 2016: A company that operates apartment buildings in several Alberta communities, including Lethbridge, Medicine Hat…
Coca-Cola notifying employees of insider breach (updated)
Coca-Cola is notifying employees that a former employee reportedly misappropriated their personal information. The number of employees or other individuals affected was not disclosed in the notification letter, but Coca-Cola reports that they learned of the breach on September 1, 2017 from law enforcement, who asked them to delay notification. Law enforcement recently gave Coca-Cola…
Data Leak May Have Affected Patients at Muir Medical Group IPA
NBC reports: Muir Medical Group patients who received treatment between November 2013 and February 2017 may have had their personal information shared without their consent, the company reported. The Walnut Creek-based firm discovered the leak on March 7 after a former employee took information with her before her employment ended, according to the company. This…
Hospital staff disciplined after Ed Sheeran data breach
Wil Crisp reports: One member of hospital staff has been sacked and another has been given a written warning for accessing Ed Sheeran’s personal details without authorisation, it has emerged. The singer was admitted to Ipswich Hospital on October 16 last year. Ipswich hospital said both staff members “accessed patient information without legitimate or clinical…
Bloomfield Hills high schoolers hack database to give themselves better grades
Violet Ikonomova reports: Leave it to kids in one of Michigan’s best school districts to have figured out how to hack the district’s grading system and (presumably) give themselves A’s. A message posted to the Bloomfield Hills Schools website alerts parents that “a couple” students made “some poor choices lately,” hacking into the district’s student…