ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 22, 2016 — Alaska Orthopedic Specialists has sent notification to all affected patients about a security incident involving information that was taken by a former non-physician employee. In March of 2015, Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, Inc., closed its medical practice in Anchorage, Alaska. In the course of closing the business later that year, the practice discovered that the…
Category: Theft
KR: Credit card firms ordered to compensate consumers for data leak
The Korea Herald reports the latest development in a massive data leak first reported at the end of 2013: A local court on Friday ordered three credit card-related companies, hit by a massive data leak in 2014, to give 100,000 won ($83) to each victim, a ruling that could set a precedent for other similar…
TW: Siliconware Precision Industries engineer probed over suspected data theft
Julian Ho and Jessie Shen report: Taiwan’s Investigation Bureau has received a request from Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) to investigate an engineer suspected of stealing confidential company data. According to SPIL, unusual activities were detected within the company’s intranet. In order to protect the company’s confidential data and information, SPIL has therefore submitted a request…
MT: New West Medicare notifying 25,000 members whose unencrypted PHI were on stolen laptop (Updated)
Update: This incident was reported to HHS on January 15 as affecting 28,209 patients. Montana Public Radio reports that New West Health Services is notifying 25,000 members after a laptop with their PHI was stolen. Here’s the statement that was posted on New West Medicare’s site today, with one interruption by me for a short,…
NY: St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital notifies patients after thumb drive with limited PHI is stolen
In reading the following statement from the hospital, keep in mind that the hospital’s home page says the incident involves the “possible disclosure” of “a limited number” of patients’ personal information. Their report to HHS of December 30th indicates that 29,156 patients were impacted. That’s some “limited number.” On October 31, 2015, an individual entered a restricted area of St….
Aussie steel giant sues ex-manager for data theft
Jonathan Pearlman reports: Australian steel giant BlueScope Steel has launched legal action to try and retrieve “highly sensitive” information from a Singapore- based former manager, Ms Chinnari Sridevi Somanchi, who has been accused of corporate spying. A suit filed in Australia’s Federal Court alleges that Ms Somanchi downloaded company secrets before she was laid off….