George Franco reports: A Vietnam veteran from Canton is upset after receiving his medical records, and those of ten other people from the V.A. Medical Center in DeKalb County. Ken Newton told FOX 5 he retrieved his medical files for his attorney in a possible lawsuit concerning Agent Orange. Ken Newton pulled out his medical…
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NY: Troy CSD officials: Security breach may have threatened student information (UPDATED)
WRGB reports: School officials are working to determine the source of a security breach they say had the potential to put student information at risk. Administrators say they were alerted to a hack on a district server, and have reached out to police and a cyber-security firm to investigate the problem. District officials say they…
IRS Statement on E-filing PIN Attack
Feb. 9 – The IRS recently identified and halted an automated attack upon its Electronic Filing PIN application on IRS.gov. Using personal data stolen elsewhere outside the IRS, identity thieves used malware in an attempt to generate E-file PINs for stolen social security numbers. An E-file pin is used in some instances to electronically file…
Jackson Health: ‘Rogue’ employee suspected of stealing private patient information
Daniel Chang reports: A ‘rogue’ employee at Miami-Dade’s public hospital network, Jackson Health System, was placed on administrative leave for suspicion of stealing reams of private patient information over the last five years in a scheme that may have compromised more than 24,000 records, according to hospital officials. Evelina Reid, a hospital unit secretary and…
91,000 Washington State Apple Health (Medicaid) clients notified of data breach (update1)
The Washington State Health Care Authority issued the following press release today: State notifies 91,000 Apple Health (Medicaid) clients of data breach by Health Care Authority employee Employment terminated for individuals involved in data breach; notifying the appropriate federal officials for further investigation and potential criminal review OLYMPIA – The Washington State Health Care Authority…
FDLE investigating Lee County elections website security breach
WINK News reports: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is now investigating after one man allegedly hacked in to the Lee County’s Supervisor of Elections website. Dan Sinclair, who is running for Supervisor of Elections, says his friend, David Levin, accidentally hacked in to the website. Sinclair and Levin posted a video online showing the…