Ellen Davis reports: An Everett medical worker stole sensitive records from 39 patients, including elderly patients, to forge identities she then used to rent an apartment and buy two cars, according to unprofessional conduct charges filed by the Washington State Department of Health. The woman, 37, has also been charged in a separate criminal case…
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In: Records stolen from Sector 23 govt school
TNN reports: The UT [Union Territory] police have booked an unidentified person for stealing records and damaging a computer system at a government school in Sector 23. Rajiv, principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, said in his police complaint that an unidentified person entered the computer lab of the school, stole files and set admission records…
PA: Data breach discovered at Achievement Center of LECOM Health
YourErie.com reports: A recent data breach was discovered at the Achievement Center of LECOM Health According to a news release release, ACLH discovered suspicious activity in two of its business email accounts back on March 2nd. An investigation revealed that there was unauthorized access to one email account from the Achievement Center of LECOM Health…
GitHub Leaks: Lessons Learned
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: Recent incidents involving inadvertent exposure of patient data on GitHub, a software development and version control platform designed for collaboration, point to the need to ensure that data loss prevention tools are implemented, available security controls are leveraged and employees are made aware of the risks involved in using internet-facing platforms….
Contact tracing data breach exposes health information of 72,000 Pennsylvanians
Rachel Yonkunas reports: Multiple investigations are underway after a contact tracing data breach exposed personal health information of 72,000 Pennsylvanians. The unsecured information was collected by employees of Insight Global—the company paid around $30 million in taxpayer money to perform contact tracing in the state. “You could see people’s phone numbers, how many kids they…
Presque Isle police data leaked by threat actors — somewhat
Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli reports: The ransom time clock on the Presque Isle Police Department’s ransomware attack ran out Wednesday at about 9:30 p.m. in a dramatic red-numbered countdown of minutes and seconds racing toward zero on the hacker’s dark web site. But it looks like the unidentified criminals have not yet made their next move…