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Wise Health updates its breach notification of last summer

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Dissent

In July 2019, this site noted that Wise Health in Texas had notified HHS about a HIPAA breach impacting 35,899 patients. The report concerned a phishing incident in March, 2019 that was discovered in April, 2019. Last week, Wise Health issued another press release, reproduced below. At first blush, it might sound like a new…

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TX: Port Lavaca City Hall won’t pay $200k ransom demand; working to recover from Ryuk attack

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Dissent

Samantha Douty reports: Port Lavaca City Hall’s server fell at the hands of the Russian ryuk virus last week. The city’s Mayor Jack Whitlow said city officials are scrubbing the servers of the virus to get their system back into working order. The city has already racked up a nearly $50,000 bill, most of which…

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GA: DeKalb officers accused of selling accident reports resign after arrests

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Dissent

Shaddi Abusaid reports: Two DeKalb County police officers arrested last month after allegedly selling thousands of accident reports have resigned in lieu of termination, the department said. Nikko McClinton and Ronald Anderson, both nine-year veterans of the department, were arrested Jan. 30 after authorities learned they were selling DeKalb’s crash reports to third parties, agency…

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NC: Wake County learns that 1,900 employees affected by breach at former benefits administrator

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Dissent

Posted to Wake County’s website yesterday (h/t, WDTV/Yahoo) Wake County’s former flexible benefit spending accounts administrator, Interactive Medical Systems, recently reported that it experienced a data security breach that disclosed the personal information of nearly 1,900 Wake County Government employees to an unauthorized third party. “We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern that this matter…

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Potential class action lawsuits filed against two more ransomware victims

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Dissent

On Thursday, I reported on a potential class action lawsuit that had been filed against two hospitals in Puerto Rico that suffered a ransomware attack. As I noted in my post, none of the named plaintiffs claimed that they had suffered any concrete injury or harm other than the cost and time involved in monitoring…

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PSL Services in Maine notifies HHS, clients after discovering employee email accounts compromised

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Dissent

A press release from PSL Services in Maine (they are a HIPAA-covered entity): Peregrine Corporation d/b/a PSL Services (“PSL Services”) today announced that a recent event may have impacted the security of personal information relating to certain residents of Maine. While PSL Services is still in the process of identifying impacted individuals in order to…

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