James Lynch reports: Imprisoned former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn improperly leaked information of over 400,000 taxpayers, a far greater number than the agency previously disclosed. Acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) earlier this month notifying him that Littlejohn’s illegal disclosures impacted 405, 427 taxpayers,…
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Medical Billing Vendor Sued Over Health Data Leak ‘Gold Mine’
Cassandre Coyer reports: Health-care billing company Medical Billing Specialists Inc. didn’t appropriately monitor its computer systems, failing to notice a data breach exposing swaths of its clients’ patient data, a proposed class action said. The provider didn’t follow its contractual requirements with medical providers, nor “industry standards, common law, and representations” it made about its…
Bluesight’s 2025 Breach Barometer Report Reveals Surge in Healthcare Data Breaches
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bluesight, the leading provider of inventory management, procurement, and compliance solutions for health systems and hospital pharmacies, today released its 2025 Breach Barometer report. The report, featuring analysis from DataBreaches.net and Clearwater, examines data breaches over the past year affecting U.S. patient and health data, highlighting the growing challenges healthcare…
DISA Global Solutions reports more than 3.3 million people affected by 2024 data breach, but questions remain
On February 3, DataBreaches quoted a press release by BakerHostetler about a breach update from DISA Global Solutions that DISA had issued on January 23, 2025. BakerHostetler’s release was subsequently removed from their website, although a copy still currently exists at PublicNow. Of note, in their main takeaways section, BakerHostetler quoted DISA’s update and commented:…
No need to hack when it’s leaking, Thursday edition: DM Clinical Research
Another day, another massive leak. Researcher Jeremiah Fowler reports that he found unsecured data with 1,674,218 records belonging to DM Clinical Research. DM Clinical Research is a Texas-based network of more than 24 multi-therapeutic clinical trial sites involved in research on vaccines, internal medicine, pediatrics, gastroenterology, psychiatry, neurology, women’s health, and more. DM Clinical Research’s…
Privilege Under Pressure: The Shifting Data Breach Investigation Landscape
Jena M. Valdetero and Emily S. Taetzsch of Greenberg Traurig, LLP write that in recent years, federal courts have narrowed the scope of protection for forensic reports produced in response to data breaches. As part of her discussion, she cites the Capital One case in 2020, the Wengui case in 2021, the Rutter’s case a few…