The following is a press release from Protenus. As a reminder/disclosure: DataBreaches.net compiles data and performs some data analytic services for Protenus’s Breach Barometer each year. Protenus is pleased to announce a recent study found that on-the-spot interventions for healthcare employees who inappropriately accessed PHI were 95% effective in preventing repeat offenses. The article, “Effectiveness of…
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Ph: NBI raids house of ex-Smartmatic employee tagged in ‘data breach’
There is yet another update in the investigation into a security breach involving the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) vendor Smartmatic. As of April 1, Smartmatic had acknowledged a data leak, but said it had dealt with the problem and fired the employee involved. Now we learn that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has…
Montgomery County and Florida Women Convicted of Hacking One’s Former Employer and Attempting to Extort Them
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Frances Marie Eddings, 68, of Orlando, FL, and Jude Denis, 54, of Wyncote, PA, were convicted after trial in the Allentown Federal Courthouse of accessing a computer system without authorization for pecuniary gain from a non-profit charity organization. In September 2019, the defendants were charged…
Block confirms Cash App breach after former employee accessed US customer data
Carly Page reports: Block has confirmed a data breach involving a former employee who downloaded reports from Cash App that contained some U.S. customer information. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 4, Block — formerly known as Square — said that the reports were accessed by the insider on December 10. “While this…
Ca: Two staff fired for patient privacy breaches at Campbellford Memorial Hospital
Greg Davis reports: Two employees at Campbellford Memorial Hospital have been released following recent privacy breaches, the hospital announced Friday afternoon. The hospital in the Municipality of Trent Hills says it “discovered and confirmed” two employees had “inappropriately” accessed patient information affecting approximately 500 individuals. Both employees have been “dismissed.” Read more at Global News.
Ca: 120 patients victims of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance privacy breach
The Chatham Voice reports: It happened again. Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) officials report a large-scale breach of health records, and they say two staffers were responsible. The two people, already terminated by the alliance, went snooping into the health records of about 120 patients. Read more at The Chatham Voice.