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Shooting the Whistleblower? Defamation Suit Claims Nuance Communications Gave False Info to FBI, SEC, Retaliated Against Whistleblower

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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And as the work week draws to a close… (updated)

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter: Defending Against Common Cyber-Attacks

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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Arkansas AG Sues Defunct Health Provider for Mishandling Patient Records

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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WA: Chelan Douglas Health District Warning Residents of 2021 Data Breach

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Dissent

Kyle Lamb reports: The Chelan Douglas Health District is warning the public of a data breach that may have led to the loss of identifiable personal and health information. The district said the hack occurred in early July of last year, with cybersecurity consultants finishing a review of the breach February 12th and the district…

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Hidden privacy lessons in the FTC’s CafePress security enforcement

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Dissent

Cobun Zweifel-Keegan writes: In its most recent cybersecurity enforcement decision, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a draft settlement agreement with the current and former operators of the customized merchandise website CafePress.com. Although the unanimous consent order focuses primarily on the company’s lax security practices, which allegedly led to multiple data breaches, there are also a few…

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