Alec Johnson reports: A breach that exposed the names and Social Security numbers of current and former Elmbrook School District employees continued even after the district was aware of the problem. The district learned its system had been compromised on Aug. 23, 2022, according to Elmbrook School Chief Strategy Officer Chris Thompson. Files were removed…
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‘Network disruption’ probed at California sheriff’s office
AP reports: Southern California’s San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it experienced a “network disruption” to its electronic systems last week and has referred the problem to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. The sheriff’s department said the problem occurred Friday, but officials declined to explain what the disruption entailed. The disruption has not…
PharMerica and BrightSpring Health Services hit by Money Message (update2)
PharMerica, owned by BrightSpring Health, is a national pharmacy network serving partners in over 3,100 long-term care, senior living, IDD/behavioral health, home infusion, specialty pharmacy, and hospital management programs. BrightSpring® Health Services provides comprehensive home and community-based health services to complex populations needing specialized care. Both are headquartered in Kentucky. Earlier today, the Money Message…
Alcohol recovery startups Monument and Tempest shared patients’ private data with advertisers
Zack Whittaker reports: For years, online alcohol recovery startups Monument and Tempest were sharing with advertisers the personal information and health data of their patients without their consent. Monument, which acquired Tempest in 2022, confirmed the extensive years-long leak of patients’ information in a data breach notification filed with California’s attorney general last week, blaming their use…
HIPAA: Deficient or Miscast
Matt Fisher writes: The development of new technology in healthcare and the massive expansion in sources of healthcare data have both created many complications when it comes to protecting and securing sensitive information about individuals. Inevitably, the discussion then turns to the role of HIPAA, which then turns to HIPAA not meeting current needs. A recent…
New Batch of Classified Documents Appear on Social Media Sites
DNYUZ reports: A new batch of classified documents that appear to detail American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media sites on Friday, alarming the Pentagon and adding turmoil to a situation that seemed to have caught the Biden administration off guard. The scale of the leak…