Remember the BlueCross breach in Chattanooga from October. First it was 57 hard drives, then 68, then 3, then 1, depending on which report you read. Now it’s 57 again, it seems. Today, Blue Cross issued a breach notification on its web site, as required by the new HITECH Act: Required Substitute HITECH Act Notice…
Category: U.S.
Security breach compromises information on 1,400 District 86 grads
Sandy Illian Bosch reports: A security breach discovered last month at the University of Nebraska involved the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 1,400 Hinsdale High School District 86 graduates. The breach involved a computer in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the Lincoln campus. The university’s investigation revealed the computer had…
EIU warns of student data security breach (updated)
From the Associated Press: Eastern Illinois University says someone outside the school may have broken into files containing personal information from about 9,000 current and former students and applicants. The university on Friday said it found a number of viruses on a server used by the university’s admissions office that could have provided outside access….
Lost Textron Financial hard drive held employee, customer data
Textron Financial has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that an external hard drive lost in mid-October contained personal information on 54 former and current employees as well as customers. According to a letter sent to affected clients this week, names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and account numbers relating to the purchase of time-share…
NH: AG reviewing WDH patient records breach
As a follow-up to the coverage of a patient privacy breach involving Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH), Adam D. Krauss of Foster’s Daily Democrat reports that a number of agencies are now piling on. Concern over Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s handling of a broad privacy breach into patients’ records has widened with the Attorney General’s Office confirming it is…
Health Net notifies New Hampshire that 504 residents affected
Health Net’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is now available online (pdf). Dated November 23, the letter states that although the files on the lost portable hard drive were not encrypted as they should have been, because they were image-only format files of scanned documents, they would be difficult to view. The…