On January 19, 2022, the Litchfield School District in New Hampshire notified the state’s Attorney General of a data security/privacy incident that seems to have previously escaped this site’s awareness. Let’s correct that now. From their report: On December 6, 2021, the District discovered that an individual with authority to access student records exceeded their…
Category: U.S.
The Human Factor in Data Security Breaches
Breaches involving the pharma sector may or may not involve patient data, but as we saw early on the pandemic, hitting the pharma sector when it is working on developing vaccines, testing vaccines, or distributing vaccines can have significant national and global health implications. Julian Upton reports: The pandemic’s exacerbation of the pharmaceutical industry’s exposure…
Fresno lost more than $600,000 to a phishing scam in 2020, but we weren’t supposed to know — yet.
Brianna Calix reports: THE LATEST: Fresno phishing scam dollar amount soars – and city wasn’t only victim, mayor says The city of Fresno lost about $400,000 in 2020 after falling victim to an electronic phishing scam, and former Mayor Lee Brand’s administration failed to disclose the loss to the Fresno City Council and taxpayers, The…
Another Technology Management Resources client reports a data breach
PhySynergy has disclosed a vendor breach involving IberiaBank’s lockbox service provider, Technology Management Resources, that may have impacted some of its customers and/or patients. From their press release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PhySynergy, LLC (the “Company”) is notifying individuals of a service provider security incident that involved the personal information of some of its patients and/or…
NHS Management, LLC issues updated statement about cyberattack in 2021
The following press release is not the first press release we have seen from NHS Management, LLC, a business associate in Alabama. Coverage of a previous press release in January can be found on this site, here. Comparing the new press release, below, to the previous one, it appears that ongoing investigation revealed that the…
MO: Capital Region reaching out to patients about cyberattack
The News Tribune reports that the Capital Region Medical Center in Missouri has started notifying patients whose protected health information (PHI) was accessed during a ransomware incident in December, 2021 that left their phone systems and network down for several days. CRMC had disclosed the incident promptly but had not been able to immediately determine…