From their press release: Former and current members of the Army National Guard could be affected by a breach of personal information, Guard officials said today. This incident is unrelated to the breach of federal civilian employee personal information reported last week and on Thursday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), officials confirmed. “All…
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Audits find data security lapses at L.A. County agencies
Ouch. Abby Sewell reports: Security lapses in several departments of Los Angeles County government put residents’ medical information, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information at risk of being stolen, three recent audits have found. Probation, Public Health and Public Social Services, which dispenses welfare benefits, failed to deactivate computer login codes for hundreds of…
Hospital investigating leak of Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical information
More on a privacy breach previously noted on this blog. Henry McKenna reports: The hospital treating Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has begun searching for the cause of a data breach, which allowed ESPN reporter Adam Schefter to share Pierre-Paul’s medical records on Twitter on Wednesday. The documents showed Pierre-Paul was scheduled for a right…
OH: Elyria hospital patients’ records improperly accessed by worker
Brad Dicken reports: The personal and medical information on nearly 300 patients at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center was improperly accessed by a now-fired hospital employee. Hospital spokeswoman Alicia Reale said Thursday that an internal investigation was launched May 13 after it was discovered that an employee had accessed the hospital’s electronic medical record system…
NY: Credit card information stolen from Hoffman Car Wash
Lindsay Nielsen reports: A local car wash is the victim of hackers, and the criminals are already using the cloned cards. A Guilderland woman, who did not want to be identified, said she’s been the victim of credit card fraud at two different car washes: the first at Colonial Car Wash, and most recently, at…
Senator Collins’ Statement on Reports that OPM Cyber Attack Affected At Least 21.5 Individuals
There’s a lot of spluttering and public statements in response to today’s revised figures by OPM on their massive breach, but I think Senator Collins nails it. From her office: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Following the completion of its internal damage assessment, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced today that the personal information of at least…