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MSK Group notifying patients of data security incident

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Dissent

MSK Group in Tennessee, and its divisions, OrthoMemphis, Memphis Orthopaedic Group, Tabor Orthopedics, and Crosstown Back & Pain Institute, are notifying patients of a data security incident that they discovered on May 7. In a notification letter dated July 5 and signed by Kimble L. Jenkins, CEO, the orthopedic group offered those affected free services with…

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VCU Health System notifies patients of improper access to information

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Dissent

The Progress-Index reports: VCU Health System is notifying about 4,700 individuals that their or their minor child’s electronic health information was inappropriately accessed. There is no indication that the private health information has been or will be used for any malicious purposes. The matter came to light on May 9, when an unusual pattern of…

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Security Firm Sued for Failing to Detect Malware That Caused a 2009 Breach

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two insurance companies are suing a cyber-security firm to recover insurance fees paid to a customer after the security firm failed to detect malware on the client’s network for months, an issue that led to one of the biggest security breaches of the 2000s. Read more on Bleeping Computer about how Lexington Insurance…

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Lake Oswego School District warns students about phishing email after employee account hacked

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Dissent

KOIN 6 in Oregon reports: The culprit had no problem drawing attention. At 2:36 p.m., a tweet came out from the Lake Oswego School district Twitter account. In all caps, the tweet signaled a change in the account. Read more on KOIN 6.  This may be more than just a hack of the district’s Twitter…

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Only researchers accessed the exposed 211 call logs – Los Angeles County

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Dissent

There is a follow-up to an incident involving exposed Los Angeles County 211 call logs. The misconfiguration had been discovered by UpGuard and was reported in May. Now the County has submitted its report to the California Attorney General’s Office.  It states, in part: Our investigation determined that the incident was caused by an employee…

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WI: Manitowoc County data breach affected personal health, medical information

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Dissent

Alisa M. Shafer reports: Manitowoc County officials have released more information about a data breach of a Manitowoc County email account in January. The press release from June 22 states: “On or around January 14, 2018, an unauthorized party was able to gain access to a Manitowoc County email account most likely through what is called…

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