CBS DFW reports: More than a million Texans may have been impacted by a massive data breach involving a large dental care provider. Jefferson Dental and Orthodontics, which has 72 offices across Texas, reported to the Texas Attorney General’s Office a data breach affecting up to 1,026,820 Texans. The breach was posted on the state’s…
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Hackers hit Hood. Dairy shut down milk production this week after ‘cyber security event’
Anissa Gardizy reports: It’s not just passwords, credit card data, or personal records. Now, it appears the hackers have come for our milk and Hoodsies. H.P. Hood Dairy said Friday that it was the target of a “cyber security event,” that forced it to temporarily shut its 13 dairy plants around the country this week….
Shooting the Whistleblower? Defamation Suit Claims Nuance Communications Gave False Info to FBI, SEC, Retaliated Against Whistleblower
There is an interesting lawsuit stemming from an incident that had previously been claimed to be a rogue insider’s doing. Now Marc Stolowitz, the former employee, is suing the firm, Nuance Communications, claiming that the firm falsely accused him of hacking them to cover up the fact that he was in the process of blowing…
And as the work week draws to a close… (updated)
And as this work week drew to a close, we also learned about these breaches involving patient data that were reported to HHS earlier this month: Dialyze Direct, LLC in New Jersey notified HHS that 14,203 patients were impacted by an incident they coded as a hacking/IT incident involving email. There is no statement on…
OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter: Defending Against Common Cyber-Attacks
From OCR’s newsletter today: Throughout 2020 and 2021, hackers have targeted the health care industry seeking unauthorized access to valuable electronic protected health information (ePHI). The number of breaches of unsecured ePHI reported to the U.S Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) affecting 500 or more individuals due to hacking…
Arkansas AG Sues Defunct Health Provider for Mishandling Patient Records
Scott Carroll reports: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Thursday announced a lawsuit against the defunct Eastern Ozarks Regional Health for failing to protect sensitive patient information after it closed. The former hospital in Cherokee Village is accused of leaving behind thousands of unsecured patient and employee records that contain social security numbers, driver’s license…