From their notice: The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester (“MHCGM”) is providing notice of a recent data security event that occurred at a third-party community partner MHCGM had used for data storage, Center for Life Management (“CLM”), that may impact the privacy of certain information relating to MHCGM patients or those who were assessed…
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Illinois Gastroenterology Group is providing notification of breach first discovered last October
From their notification: Illinois Gastroenterology Group, PLLC (“IGG”) is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of certain individuals’ information. On October 22, 2021, IGG discovered unusual activity within its computer network. IGG immediately launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists, to determine the nature and scope of the…
Scott County, Iowa discloses data security incident
Seen on the county’s website, dated April 22, 2022: Notice of Data Privacy Event Scott County, Iowa (“Scott County”) is providing notice of a data privacy event. To date, we have no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of information as a result of this incident. In an abundance of caution, we are notifying potentially…
Kaiser Wins Trademark Injunction Against Patient Data Company
Isaiah Poritz reports: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. won a preliminary injunction in California federal court against medical records company SureFile Filing Systems for attempting to sell patient data using Kaiser’s trademarks. Kaiser is likely to succeed on the merits of its breach of contract and common law trademark counterclaims against SureFile, Judge Mark C. Scarsi…
Wawa wants a refund, says Mastercard owes $32 million for data breach penalties
Joseph N. DiStefano reports: Wawa, the Delaware County-based convenience store and gas station chain, paid $10.7 million last year linked to a 2019 breach of its customer payment security systems. But now it wants that money back — and more. On Monday in federal court in New York, Wawa sued Mastercard, the giant payment-card network,…
Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Hit by Cybersecurity Attack Over Holiday Weekend
Seen at http://wycokck.org/: Published on April 19, 2022 UPDATE ON SERVICE IMPACTS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2022 The Unified Government has been working through a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the recent cybersecurity attack on our systems and services. Work to restore services is underway. As of this afternoon, the following services are impacted: Appraiser’s…