From Huntsville Hospital, this press release yesterday, seen at WAFF: “Regrettably, we’ve learned that Jobscience, Inc., the vendor which we’ve used for online employment application services since 2006, had a data breach which may have involved information from individuals who applied for jobs at Huntsville Hospital. Because of this, notification letters are being sent to…
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NJ Settles Charges Against Business Associate Responsible for Virtua Medical Patient Data Breach: Vendor Owner Pays $200,000 and is Barred From Owning or Managing Any Business in NJ Again
One question that occasionally pops up is how often businesses go out of business after or due to a data breach. My answer to that is “not often,” but we do it occasionally. In some cases, the breach may just have been a final straw for an already shaky business. Yesterday, during a webinar with…
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services notifies 10,400 whose data improperly retained by contractor
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – On October 24, 2018, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (“Department”) mailed over 10,400 letters to individuals informing them that the Department recently discovered a breach of security of their personal information. The breach occurred because, sometime before September 30, 2016, an information technology contractor for the State of…
Lake Worth Utilities customers may have had credit card information stolen
WPTV reports: Customers of the City of Lake Worth Utilities who utilized the online credit card payment option to pay their bill may have experienced a possible breach of their credit card information. Lake Worth Utilities is encouraging all customers to check their statements for any fraudulent transactions that occurred between August 28 and October…
California court allows lawsuit over breach of HIV patients’ information to move forward
There’s an update on a lawsuit previously noted on this site. John Riley reports: The Superior Court of California has rejected a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit on behalf of 93 HIV-positive people, who had their personal information compromised by a data breach of the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program online enrollment system….
St. Petersburg timeline on Click2Gov raises questions as to whether the vendor was proactive or not
I have commented on the Click2Gov breach a few times — mostly wondering aloud why so many customers do not seem to have been made aware that they needed to update immediately, etc. Both RBS and FireEye have both discussed the Click2Gov incident in more depth. But now look at this disclosure from St….