On September 20, this site noted a breach impacting some residents of Pell City, Alabama. At that time, there were many unanswered questions based on the little the city had disclosed. Now they have published a press release that reveals that the breach involved their vendor, Technology Management Resources (TMR). The TMR breach had been…
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Breach Lawsuit Spotlights Complex Vendor Issues
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports on a lawsuit that stems from a breach first reported on this site in March, 2019. She reports: A medical device maker has sued an IT vendor in the wake of an email server migration mishap that exposed the health data of more than 277,000 individuals. The case illustrates the complexities…
Cyber Consulting Firms Get Tied Up in Post-Breach Lawsuits
Jake Holland and Andrea Vittorio report: Cybersecurity consultants could be on the hook for data breaches at companies they contract with after two recent court rulings in consumer class actions. Accenture Plc’s U.S. unit in October failed to escape claims made against the consultant in a consumer lawsuit over a hack of Marriott International Inc.’s hotel reservations database….
Almost 11 million patients impacted by Blackbaud incident — and still counting
Earlier this week, Marianne Kolbasuk McGee had a follow-up piece on the Blackbaud ransomware incident. As part of her update, she reported that Blackbaud would not provide answers when asked about the number or names of clients involved in the incident who had patient data or medical information of donors involved. McGee notes: A snapshot…
Data breach involving personal information reported at Rady Children’s Hospital
Dillon Davis reports Rady Children’s Hospital has disclosed that some patient data was impacted by the Blackbaud ransomware incident earlier this year: Those files contained personal information including names, addresses, physicians, department of service, procedure name and date of births, the hospital said. Read more on FOX5. The hospital did not disclose the number of…
College Community School District notifies parents of Medicaid billing service breach
DataBreaches.net has previously noted a breach involving a Medicaid billing service that school districts use. Timberline Billing Service, LLC has not responded to this site’s inquiries (yet). Today, this site also reached out to College Community School District, one of the almost 200 Iowa school district that use Timberline. No reply has been received from…