Jacque Masse reports on another breach that is linked to Innovak: Some Lamar County School District employees’ had their personal information compromised after an employee portal experienced a data breach. According to Lamar County Superintendent Tess Smith, the district uses a company called INNOVAK that allows staff to access their pay stubs and W2s through the…
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OptumRx notifying patients after laptop with PHI stolen from vendor’s unattended vehicle
Now what vendor was this? I don’t see anything in recent reports or on HHS’s public breach tool that would identify the vendor. From a notification template by OptumRx: We wanted to make you aware of a recent incident that may have affected some of your health information. On March 22, 2016, we were notified…
Escambia County School hit with payroll system security breach
Stephanie Nelson reports: The Escambia County School System is one of three in the state hit with a payroll accounting system security breach that allowed fraudulent tax returns to be filed in employee names. The systems, which include Alexander and Dothan city, use Innovak – a Spartanburg, S.C.-based provider platform for financials. Ongoing investigations at…
Val Verde alerting patients after data breach discovered
Val Verde Regional Medical Center recently discovered a security breach involving a small number of the facility’s overall patient population. On or about Aug. 9, 2015, an independent healthcare provider downloaded unsecured protected health information and emailed it to a personal account without encryption protection. In addition, the independent contractor was not authorized to access…
Vulnerabilities in a Third-Party Healthcare Payment Processor
Randy Westergren looked into Christiana Care’s online payment portal, which involves a third party payment processor developed by BYL Companies, LLC. What Randy found was very concerning, and he promptly notified BYL of his findings. You can read his write-up of it all on his site. So here’s the thing: how many people may have actually exploited the vulnerability…
Data breach exposes thousands of expats’ details in Thailand
AFP reports: The personal details of thousands of foreign nationals living in the South were briefly leaked online in what the site’s developer admitted Monday was a data breach during a test for police. The leak comes as the government nation pushes ahead with a much publicised crackdown against foreign visa overstayers and criminals, with…