AP reports: Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters to patients whose personal information was inappropriately viewed. Two patient transporters accessed information that included names, birth dates and medical identification…
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Social Security whistleblower waiting for answers in privacy breach case
M.D. Kittle reports: The investigation into an alleged breach of a Social Security Administration employee’s private records appears to be going nowhere fast, even as another probe found wide-ranging misconduct in a Madison SSA office. The employee, a whistleblower at the SSA’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, told Wisconsin Watchdog that a federal investigation of the alleged records…
WV: 7,445 patients notified of University Healthcare information breach
The Journal reports: More than 7,000 patients of WVU Medicine University Healthcare were notified of a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information after discovering that an employee had accessed patient information without authorization. University Healthcare officials became aware Jan. 17, of an FBI and local law enforcement investigation into the unauthorized access, use…
Opening Appellate Brief filed in U.S. v. Thomas
Tor Ekeland writes: U.S v Michael Thomas, No. 16-41264 (5th Cir.) Last night in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals we filed the Opening Appellant Brief in U.S. v. Michael Thomas. In June of 2016, in an important CFAA case regarding the definition of unauthorized damage, a jury convicted Michael Thomas of a single count felony violation for causing damage…
MN: South Washington School District investigating student hacking incident
Jessie Bekker reports: The South Washington County school district is tightening security after a high school student hacked into the district’s server and took names, Social Security numbers and some addresses. According to a letter sent to teachers and staffers last week by Superintendent Keith Jacobus, the student downloaded the data to an external hard…
St. Paul approves $29K to officer who says cops snooped in her driver’s license data
Mara H. Gottfried reports: The St. Paul City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $29,500 to settle the lawsuit brought by a Minneapolis police officer who accused St. Paul officers of snooping in her personal driver’s license information. Amy Krekelberg’s federal lawsuit initially named officers and employees from more than 40 law enforcement agencies and entities…