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Independent Health mistakenly emailed information on 7,600 members

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dissent

Tracey Drury reports: Protected health information on more than 7,600 Independent Health members was accidentally emailed to a member in March, a breach that violates federal privacy laws. The Amherst-based health plan told members that an employee inadvertently emailed documents containing their information on March 19 to an unauthorized recipient who happened to be an…

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TX: UMC Physicians Notifies Patients of Compromised Patient Data

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dissent

Press Release: UMC Physicians (UMCP) is educating employees on approved cloud storage solutions and notifying patients of an incident that may have compromised the privacy of protected health information held by their clinic: UMC Southwest Gastroenterology. UMCP has no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of personal information at this time. On March 12, 2019,…

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NY: Episcopal Health Services – Notice of Data Privacy Event

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dissent

A press release issued today. On September 18, 2018 Episcopal Health Services became aware of suspicious activity in employee email accounts. We immediately began an investigation to determine what happened and what information may have been affected. With the assistance of third-party forensic investigators, we determined that certain employee email accounts were subject to unauthorized access between…

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NY: Gates Chili student arrested, charged with hacking into former superintendent’s email

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dissent

WHAM reports: A student in the Gates Chili Central School District is being charged as an adult after allegedly hacking into the account of the former superintendent. Ajay Bhattacharyya, 17, was arraigned Friday evening on eight felony counts: Two counts of computer trespass, two counts of identity theft and four counts of falsifying business records….

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Memorial Hermann worker accused of stealing patients’ credit card numbers to pay rent

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dissent

Sophia Beausoleil reports: A Memorial Hermann employee has been suspended after he was charged with credit and debit card abuse. He’s accused of stealing patients information to pay for rent, buy food and purchase rides to work. According to Harris County court records, 26-year-old Elliott Phylow admitted to Harris County Precinct Four constables that he…

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Turkish watchdog fines Facebook over data breach

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dissent

The Daily Sabah reports: Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) issued a 1,650,000 Turkish lira ($270,000) administrative fine against social media platform Facebook over data breach and failure to report the issue to authorities. The watchdog launched a direct investigation against Facebook over Engineering Director Tomer Bar’s statement released on Dec. 14, 2018 over an…

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