Phil Muncaster reports: Police in the Netherlands are set to email 20,000 possible fraud victims urging them to change their account details, after discovering their credentials had been stolen by a man arrested last year on suspicion of multiple cybercrime offences. Police revealed the arrest of the 35-year-old man last October. He was cuffed on suspicion of hacking, fraud…
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Confidential medical documents from Sainte-Justine Hospital leaked
Pasquale Turbide reports: Officials at Sainte-Justine Hospital are working to resolve a privacy breach after a pediatrician leaked confidential documents to a media outlet before taking his own life. According to Radio-Canada, Dr. Alain Sirard sent a USB key last December to Québécor that contained confidential documents, such as excerpts of medical files and reports…
Sentara notifies 5000+ patients after breach at vendor
WAVY reports: A cyber security breach at a third party vendor for Sentara Healthcare has compromised the records of over 5,000 patients. The incident involves 5,454 vascular and thoracic patients seen between 2012 and 2015 at Sentara hospitals in Virginia. Read more on WAVY. The vendor was not named, nor were many details about the nature of the…
Showpo accuses former employee of stealing customer data and giving it to new employer
Jessica Sier reports: Online fashion house Showpo is suing one of its former graphic designers and fledgling online retailer Black Swallow for reputational damage and loss of sales alleging the woman stole the entire customer database and passed it on to her new employer. In documents filed with the Federal Court, Showpo claims 24-year-old Melissa…
2016: Healthcare data breaches in review, Part 2
This is the second part of a look-back at 2016 and a commentary on why we need to analyze breaches differently if we really want to become more proactive in preventing them. Part 1 of this article can be found here). To recap Part 1: although headlines tend to scream “HACK!” (and irritatingly show us stock images of…
Minneapolis settles more lawsuits over snooping in driver database
Whether it’s the healthcare sector, government, or any other sector, if you’re not using adequate tools to monitor and audit your employees’ access to personal information records, it will cost you sooner or later. Eric Roper reports: The long list of lawsuits against Minnesota governments for employees improperly snooping into the state driver’s license database…