Memorial Healthcare Systems (MHS) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $5.5 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules and agreed to implement a robust corrective action plan. MHS is a nonprofit corporation which operates six hospitals, an…
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Ph: Comelec faces probe for another possible data breach
Paterno Esmaquel II and Michael Bueza report: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is facing an investigation for another possible data breach after one of its computers in the town of Wao, Lanao del Sur, was stolen. Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista confirmed to Rappler on Thursday, February 16, “Merong computer sa election office ng Wao, Lanao del…
Hacker Breached Dozens of Universities and Government Agencies, Report Says
Jeff John Roberts reports: A hacker has reportedly obtained access to the computer systems of prominent universities, including Cornell and New York University, and is attempting to sell that illegal access on the Internet, according to a research firm. In a report published on Wednesday, the firm Recorded Future published new details about the hacker’s activities. The…
Third-party incidents continue to put patient ePHI at risk: Protenus
Protenus, Inc. has released its Breach Barometer for January. As they report, 2017 is starting out where 2016 left off: we are seeing an average of one breach per day involving health data. Protenus’s report, based on 31 incidents, reported that there were 388,307 breached records for the 26 incidents for which they had numbers. The single largest…
Hackers Have Stolen Millions Of Dollars In Bitcoin — Using Only Phone Numbers
Laura Shin reports: Just after midnight on August 11, self-professed night owl Jered Kenna was working at home in Medellin, Colombia, when he was notified the passwords had been reset on two of his email addresses. He tried to set up new passwords himself by prompting the email service to send him text messages containing…
Australia finally gets data breach notification laws at third attempt
Chris Duckett reports: At the third time of asking, Australia will have data breach notification laws. The passage of the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 through the Senate on Monday means Australians will in the near future begin to be alerted of their data being inappropriately accessed. The legislation is restricted to incidents involving personal information,…