Maddie McQueen reports: Late Sunday night, Fleming County High School had quite the scare when students and parents reported seeing an email and social media posts threatening a school shooting, said to happen on Monday. […] Police say the hacker is a 14-year-old girl at the school, however, police determined the threat wouldn’t be acted…
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MN: Mankato Clinic notifies patients of health data breach
Mitch Keegan reports: The Mankato Clinic has notified more than 500 patients of a breach of unsecured protected health information. In a news release, Mankato Clinic says on August 3rd an electronic spreadsheet containing patient information for 535 patients was mistakenly e-mailed to a colleague of a Mankato Clinic employee to an external e-mail account. The e-mail…
Tempe nurse assistant stole patient identities to open bank accounts, lease apartments, police say
12News reports: A Tempe nurse assistant is accused of stealing the identities of her patients to lease apartments and purchase expensive vehicles. Sierra Johnson, 24, is facing several criminal charges after investigators connected her to several cases of fraud and identity theft throughout the Valley. Johnson worked at various rehabilitation facilities in Mesa, Goodyear, Phoenix,…
Simon Eye notifies more than 144,000 patients after hacker accessed employee email accounts
Simon Eye Management (“Simon Eye”) recently became aware of suspicious activity related to certain employee email accounts. With the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists, we took immediate steps to contain the incident and to investigate the nature and scope of the incident. Simon Eye is issuing this notice to provide additional details regarding what…
Texoma Community Center notifies 24,030 patients of email hack in September, 2020
In August, Texoma Community Center in Texas (TCC) notified HHS that 24,030 patients had been impacted by breach involving a hack of email. TCC provides mental health, behavioral health, and intellectual and developmental disability services to adults and minors in the Sherman, Texas area. Today, they issued a press release concerning what they describe as…
TX: Lubbock County confirms private information accessible under new computer system, says situation not a data breach
Samantha Jarpe reports: Lubbock County released a statement Tuesday about previously private court information being made available to the public via a new records system. An earlier release by the Lubbock County Defense Lawyers Association characterized the incident as a data breach. The association said it became aware of the situation September 10. According to…