Annie Shalvey has an update on a hack previously noted on this site: Providence officials are working to determine who hacked the city’s website on Saturday. A screen grab of the site over the weekend showed a hacker offering to sell “all sensitive data and database” collected. City officials said Monday the hacker asked for a $1,500…
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Shannen Doherty: My Ex-Manager Tricked SAG Into Revealing Medical Information (Exclusive Audio)
Eriq Gardner reports: When Tanner Mainstain employee Kimberly Gabay was asked her name, she responded, “Shannen Doherty.” The firm also was able to provide the actress’ social security number. Shannen Doherty’s lawsuit against her former business management firm was stunning enough for the revelation that the Beverly Hills, 90210 star has breast cancer, but in…
University of Washington Medicine Pays $750,000 to Settle HHS Charges Relating to Organization-Wide Risk Assessment
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this press release announcing that U. of Washington Medicine has settled charges it potentially violated HIPAA’s Security Rule. The investigation stemmed from an incident reported on this site in November, 2013. The University of Washington Medicine (UWM) has agreed to settle charges that it potentially violated the…
MacKeeper leak of 13M customers’ data acknowledged by Kromtech
Earlier today, I had mentioned a leak that Chris Vickery uncovered that involved over 13 million customers or users of MacKeeper, but now a bunch of reporters have reported on that leak in more depth. To their credit, Kromtech issued a disclosure statement about the leak, which was posted on MacKeeper: MacKeeper Security Advisory Kromtech is…
Two apps with health info found leaking: researcher. Part 1: iFit
Apps that collect and store health-related information are often not covered by HIPAA, but a breach involving the data they collect could be problematic. Today, I report on two leaking apps containing health information. Both of these leaks were reported to DataBreaches.net by researcher Chris Vickery. Part 1, below, is on iFit’s data leak. Part 2 will report on…
Hacker Claims to Have Taken Sensitive Data from City of Providence, Rhode Island
Uh oh. GoLocalProv reports: The City of Providence’s website has been hacked and the hacker has posted an ominous message claiming to have control of sensitive data and that the data is for sale. It is unknown what data, if any, is under the control of the City of Providence, but as three years ago the City…