Teresa Carson reports: The Centennial School District has not pressed charges against two unnamed students who hacked into the districts computers in January and got access to the personal information of “a couple of hundred” students and former students. Gresham Police officer Ben Costigan said the district declined to press charges and handled the matter…
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CO: Front Range Dermatology Associates notifies patients of insider-wrongdoing incident
Tommy Wood reports: Front Range Dermatology Associates, which has locations in Greeley, Loveland Fort Collins and Fort Morgan, suffered a breach of medical records in January, the company announced in a news release. The compromised data includes patients’ names, medical record numbers, dates of service, billing codes, names of insurance companies and dates and amounts…
Apple Employee Threatens to Leak User’s iCloud Data
Chen Na reports: “Your personal data belongs to you, not others,” reads a bold declaration on Apple’s webpage for user privacy. But for one Chinese customer, this proved not to be the case after an Apple tech support employee threatened to leak his photos, contacts, emails, and memos online. An article describing how the Apple…
Officials: 2 ex-Florida Hospital employees stole, sold patient records
Jeff Deal and Jason Kelly report: Federal investigators said two former Florida Hospital employees stole and sold an unknown number of patient records. The hospital said it wouldn’t comment on the allegations because of a pending lawsuit, but Channel 9’s Jeff Deal uncovered a civil lawsuit against the hospital, which is separate from the criminal case,…
Insider Threat Seriously Undermining Healthcare Cybersecurity
I don’t agree that insider threats are more of a problem than external threats, but I am glad to see insider threats – including “human error” incidents get more attention. Jai Vijayan reports: The healthcare industry’s ability to defend against cyberthreats is being seriously undermined by its own workforce, according to two separate reports released…
Former University of North Georgia employee accessed protected student data in Banner
Viktoria Capek-Grey reports: On Monday, Feb. 26, the University of North Georgia’s Office of University Relations emailed all students regarding improper access of Banner information in January. The email cautioned students that a former student employee inappropriately accessed information protected by FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), though it said there is no evidence…