WSOC-TV reports that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ officials were notified after residents found documents with Mallard Creek High School students’ names, addresses and other personal information blowing in the wind. The district acknowledges the information should have been shredded. Officials said a contractor hauling away the trash didn’t properly secure it, which caused some documents to spill…
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Fast Health in Tehachapi suffers security breach
ABC23 reports: Fast Health in Tehachapi is reporting a security breach that could affect over 700 of their patients. The business says a third-party altered a code on their server, stealing the credit card information of close to 700 customers who paid bills online from January 14, 2016 to December 20, 2016. Medical information was…
Health, personal records of 2,500 Arizona families with newborns lost
Ken Alltucker reports: State health officials have warned 2,500 individuals and families with newborns that a box containing sensitive health, financial and personal information has been lost in the mail. The Arizona Department of Health Services said its newborn-screening program gathered the information for billing purposes. The misplaced records may include health information for children tested in…
Calling time of death on HHS’s “breach tool”
I was excited back in 2010 when HHS started posting breaches on what some would call the “wall of shame.” I knew that we’d only learn about breaches involving HIPAA-covered entities, but at least we were finally starting to get some actual data. Now, more than 6 years later, it’s become clear to me that it’s probably best to just call time of death…
TN: Williamson County Schools warns parents of security breach in student/teacher software
A follow-up on a breach previously noted on this site. I imagine we’ll see a number of these from school districts in the weeks and months to come. Williamson County Schools sent a message to parents Friday warning about a security breach of it’s (sic) Edmodo system putting student and parent information at risk. The…
“Shoot the messenger:” NYC hospital and vendor threaten DataBreaches.net for reporting on their security failure
Vendor’s mistake potentially exposed “millions” of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital patients’ information; Hospital and vendor try to claim that iHealth Solutions was “hacked” by security researchers who uncovered the security problem; Hospital and vendor issue series of demands, threaten DataBreaches.net for reporting on incident; On May 3, Kromtech Security’s research team, conducting routine research, found that confidential and sensitive patient…