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WA: RS Medical notifies patients because an attacker potentially had access to their information

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Dissent

On April 7, RS Medical disclosed an incident that had the potential to compromise patient information. A copy of the notification from the Vancouver, Washington entity, obtained by DataBreaches.net, indicates that the attacker may not have been particularly interested in patient information, though: The primary purpose of the breach, as determined by internal investigation, was…

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Microsoft: Hackers compromised support agent’s credentials to access customer email accounts

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Dissent

Ingrid Lunden and Zack Whittaker report: …   Microsoft has confirmed to TechCrunch that a certain “limited” number of people who use web email services managed by Microsoft — which cover services like @msn.com and @hotmail.com — had their accounts compromised. “We addressed this scheme, which affected a limited subset of consumer accounts, by disabling the…

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CA: Student council presidential election hacked by candidate

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Dissent

AP reports: The first online election for student government at Berkeley High School became a lesson in more than democracy. Students also learned about vote fraud, hacking and digital privacy after a high school junior who was running for class president cast hundreds of fake online votes for himself. As many as 2,400 students were…

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Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned. The hackers breached three sites associated with the FBI National Academy Association, a coalition of different chapters…

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Blue Cross of Idaho Notice of Privacy Breach

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Dissent

Boise, Idaho (April 12, 2019) – Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc. (“Blue Cross of Idaho”) is providing notice to certain members of a recent incident involving protected health information (“PHI”) which qualifies as privacy breach. On March 21, 2019, an unauthorized user accessed Blue Cross of Idaho’s online provider portal with the intent…

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UT fired counselor accused of disclosing student’s PTSD

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Dissent

Sarah Elms reports: A University of Toledo counselor accused of improperly disclosing a student’s personal health information has been fired. University officials on Dec. 18, 2018, notified Mychail Scheramic that his employment would be terminated at close of business March 18. He was hired in 2017 as the university’s counseling center director and was paid…

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