So you apply for cyberinsurance and in your application, you describe all the security controls and policies you have in place. And an insurance company looks it all over and issues you a policy because you meet the minimum security practices they require. But then you don’t actually adhere to all the controls and policies you…
Category: U.S.
When storing old medical records matters
Over on PHIprivacy.net, I had often questioned the fact that so many healthcare facilities retain patients’ medical records forever. And while those stored records pose a risk in terms of breaches, I had also noted that there might be times when having a patient’s very old records could actually be helpful. Here’s another example. KPLR reports:…
3 Dixon High Students Suspended in Grade Data Breach
As an update to a previously reported incident: at least three students have been suspended so far in the grade-changing hack that has rocked Dixon High School. At least nine teacher accounts were hacked and 200 grades changed since January for 32 students. One teacher noticed something that resulted in the investigation, but I have yet…
Host of NSA’s smtp server hacked?
An interesting paste today by PH1K3 lets us follow along during an attempt to hack the host/dns provider for smtp.nsa.gov.
OH: MetroHealth reports data breach for 981 heart patients due to malware
Brie Zeltner reports: The MetroHealth System is notifying almost 1,000 patients who received heart catheterization procedures at the hospital over the past year that their protected health information may have been accessed when three computers were hacked there. The health system discovered “malware” or malicious software, on three computers in its Cardiac Cath Lab, according…
Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system
Jorge Barrera reports: A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control of an airplane’s engines mid-flight by hacking into its in-flight entertainment system, according to a document filed in U.S. federal court and obtained by APTN National News. [Chris] Roberts, who has been interviewed at least three times by the F.B.I. this year,…