There needs to be a special place in Hell for those who take advantage of the seriously ill or disabled. I don’t know if the accused did what she’s accused of, but whoever did should pay dearly for creating stress for a dying woman. Robin Fitzgerald reports: A Gulfport woman is accused of using a…
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WA: Premera Blue Cross target of cyber-attack, personal information accessed (update 3)
The Edmonds Beacon reports: Premera Blue Cross announced on Tuesday, March 17 that it was the target of a cyber-attack, and customers personal information was accessed. According to the Premera website, attackers gained access to the IT systems. The attack initially occurred on May 5, 2014, but wasn’t discovered until Jan. 29, 2015. An investigation by…
E. K. and Company notifies clients of stolen hard drive with financial information
I haven’t seen one of these “the data can’t be accessed without specialized software” reassurances in quite a while: Mark Riley, Inc. dba E. K. and Company (“E. K. and Company”) is an accounting and payroll processing company. On January 19, 2015, E. K. and Company’s office was broken into and a hard drive was…
Children’s National Health System notified 18,000 patients after employees fell for phishing scheme
From the Children’s National Medical Center web site: At Children’s National Health System (Children’s National), protecting the security and confidentiality of patient personal and medical information is of the utmost importance. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On December 26, 2014, Children’s National learned that certain employee email accounts had…
OR: Advantage Dental reports data breach affecting 151,000
Tara Bannow reports: Advantage Dental, a Redmond-based provider that serves low-income patients at more than 30 clinics in Oregon, announced Monday an intruder had breached its internal membership database in late February and accessed information on more than 151,000 patients. Compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, phone numbers and home addresses, but not…
WA: Student hacker disables hundreds of email accounts
KOMO News reports that an unnamed high school student who attends Oak Harbor High School is in trouble for disabling hundreds of email accounts throughout the Oak Harbor School District. “This individual inappropriately obtained passwords to certain accounts,” said Kellie Tormey, Oak Harbor School District. A somewhat surprising aspect to the report is a statement by an…