There have been a rash of reports on unemployment fraud due to states simplifying the process to apply online during the pandemic. Could this be part of that bigger picture? WAVE3 reported that the Kentucky Career Center posted the following statement on its website: While there has not been any security breach and no information…
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OH: Fisher-Titus Medical Center notified patients; employee email account accessed last year
Brandon Addeo reports: The personal information of patients at Fisher-Titus Medical Center was compromised after an unknown person gained access to an employee’s email account. According to a notice from the Norwalk hospital, someone accessed an employee’s email between August 2020 and October 2020. That email account contained personal information including people’s full names, Social…
March 1, 2021: Deadline for Reporting 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches
Reminder: March 1, 2021: Deadline for Reporting 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches
MI: Covenant HealthCare reports data breach through employee emails
Stephen Borowy reports that Covenant HealthCare has been notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a data breach that occurred last May 4 when threat actor(s) accessed two employee email accounts. According to a forensics investigation and document review, the hospital learned on Dec. 21 that the impacted email accounts were accessed on May 4….
Arch Family Dentistry Office Managers Charged with Healthcare Fraud
HAMMOND- Justyn Arch, age 34, and Trystan Arch, age 31 both of Valparaiso, Indiana were charged with healthcare fraud by way of a single count Grand Jury Indictment which was unsealed today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell. According to documents in this case, Arch Complete Family Dentistry, with offices located in Chesterton, Crown…
SolarWinds hackers targeted NASA, Federal Aviation Administration networks
Zack Whittaker reports: Hackers are said to have broken into the networks of U.S. space agency NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration as part of a wider espionage campaign targeting U.S. government agencies and private companies. The two agencies were named by the Washington Post on Tuesday, hours ahead of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing tasked with…