Some breaches dribble out over time, especially when they involve a business associate. This time, it’s Magellan Healthcare, Inc. On September 17, Magellan Healthcare, Inc. notified HHS after an employee of Magellan Rx Management fell prey to a phishing attack in May that was discovered July 5. Analysis of the contents of the employee’s email…
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College Station stops online utility payments while investigating Click2Gov data breach
KBTX reports that College Station, Texas is warning utility customers about a potential Click2Gov breach. Read more on KBTX.
CAH Holdings issues notice after employee email accounts compromised
What follows is a somewhat unsatisfactory notice. It does not indicate when the email accounts were compromised. It does not indicate when the firm first discovered it or how they discovered it. It does not indicate how many people are being notified by them. It does not explain to patients why a holdings firm has…
Select Health Network reveals compromise of employee email accounts that may impact an unspecified number of patients
The following press release is by what appears to be a business associate under HIPAA. It does not name the covered entities whose patients or insured members may have been impacted. Will we see notices from those covered entities? Probably not, unless more than 500 were affected for a particular covered entity. The notice also…
City of Norman, OK temporarily suspends utility payment portal; ditches Click2Gov after another potential security incident
The City of Norman, Oklahoma has suspended its online portal for paying utility bills after they were notified of a potential security incident involving Click2Gov software by CentralSquare Technologies. At this point, the city seems to have had enough with Click2Gov security issues. The city is currently in the process of switching over to another…
Marriott notifies associates of breach at unnamed vendor
In a year that has seen a number of reports that suggest how costly a past data breach may be for Marriott in Canada as well as the U.K. and U.S., Marriott is disclosing yet another breach. On October 30, Marriott International notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a breach at an unnamed vendor…