Ok, we know mis-mailings and mix-ups happen, right. But what allegedly happened with Advocate Christ Medical Center is yet another example of how NOT to respond to an incident while claiming you take privacy and security seriously. CBS in Chicago reports that Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn Illinois sent Darnell Payne some other…
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DCH Healthcare Systems pays hacker to end ransomware attack
Pat Duggins reports a follow-up on the DCH Hospital system ransomware incident that resulted in the hospitals turning patients away: The DCH Hospital system in west central Alabama may be accepting new patients as soon as Monday after resolving a ransomware attack. The Associated Press and the Tuscaloosa News report the three-hospital network paid a…
3,000 Kent State student emails hacked
Aidan Coyne reports: On Sept. 19 Kent State announced over 3,000 student emails had been hacked the week before. According to Robert Eckman of Kent State’s IT department, the breach was a result of credential harvesting. […] According to Eckman there were two Credential Harvesting incidents that led to this breach, one on 9/22-23 and…
LA: Humana notifying some Lafayette customers of possible involvement in privacy breach
The Advocate reports: Humana is notifying about 500 Lafayette customers that their information may have been included in a former employee’s solicitations. In December, Humana terminated a sales agent for violating company policy by emailing his Humana client list to his personal email account. After he was fired, the company says they believe he shared…
St. Mary’s Hospital Still Won’t Say Whether It Notified Patients Of ‘Wall Of Shame’
Erin Rhoda reports: Since news broke this week that employees at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston created a “wall of shame” of patients with disabilities in 2015 and 2016, the hospital’s parent companies have issued an apology and said those involved were disciplined. But they have been silent on steps they may have taken to notify regulators…
Pitt public health school apologizes for data release
Bill Schackner reports: An administrator in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health who was notifying seven students of balances due accidentally emailed them a spreadsheet attachment with balance information for them and 31 other students, officials said Friday. Read more on The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.