Campbell Kwan reports: The alleged Capital One hacker, Paige Thompson, was released from federal custody on Tuesday as she awaits her trial. Thompson, who is allegedly responsible for the theft of 106 million records from Capital One, had previously requested for a release from federal custody back in August, but was initially denied due to the judge at the time deciding…
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Data Breaches Cost Hospitals $4B Annually – survey
Jack O’Brien reports on findings from a recent survey of more than 2,870 security professionals from 733 provider organization. Spoiler alert: almost every IT professional agreed with the sentiment that data attackers are outpacing medical enterprises. The total cost of data breaches at healthcare organizations is projected to reach $4 billion by the end of…
Brooklyn Hospital Center notifies patients after data could be not be recovered after malware attack
Brooklyn Hospital Center has issued a press release about a data incident that may not have resulted in access or exfiltration of patient data (they couldn’t determine that) but did result in their inability to recover certain data related to specific patients. From their notice: In late July 2019, the Hospital became aware of unusual activity…
Washington University School of Medicine notifies patients of HIPAA breach
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis issued this notice on Nov. 1: Washington University School of Medicine announced today that it began mailing letters to patients whose information may have been involved in a recent security incident at its Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. On Sept. 3, 2019, the School of Medicine…
Florida Virtual School needs new board, new ethics standards, state education department says
Beth Kassab and Leslie Postal report: The troubled Florida Virtual School should get a new governor-appointed board, new ethics standards for employees and a new inspector general inside the school to oversee internal audits and investigations, according to a report released Friday by the Florida Department of Education. And some of the criticism relates to…
The Guidance Center notifies 1,235 patients after discovering insider wrongdoing
What havoc and costs a rogue insider/employee can cause. Here’s another example — this one from a new disclosure by external counsel for The Guidance Center in Long Beach, California. The Guidance Center (TGC) provides comprehensive mental health treatment to disadvantaged youth and their families. In their lawyer’s words: In late March of 2019, TGC…