Partners HealthCare System, whose hospitals include Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s, revealed today that it had discovered a malware attack in May, 2017 that may have exposed 2,600 patients’ information. They learned of the problem on May 8, but because data was mixed in with code, numbers, other data, and unformatted, it took them quite…
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12 UNC employees’ personal information comprised in cybersecurity breach
Tommy Wood reports: The private information of 12 University of Northern Colorado employees was compromised last week after an “unknown person or group” accessed their profiles on Ursa, UNC’s online portal, according to a release from the university. Whoever is responsible for the breach tried to log in to the employees’ Ursa accounts, then used…
Trump’s CFPB Chief Pulls Back on Equifax Data Breach Probe: Report
Patrick Rucker reports: Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc. failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, according to people familiar with the matter. Equifax (EFX.N) said in September that hackers stole personal data it had collected on some…
British hacking suspect wins appeal against extradition to U.S.
Color me surprised. Owen Bowcott reports that Lauri Love won his appeal (ruling) and will not be extradited to the U.S. to face hacking charges here. The court accepted both of the main arguments advanced by Love’s lawyers that there was no reason he could not be tried in England and that he might suffer…
Unalaska residents’ data accidentally exposed online
I’ll be honest: I had never heard of Unalaska at all. Now I’ve heard of it twice in the past three months. The first time, it was a breach involving their Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic. This time, it’s a data leak. KUCB reports: The City of Unalaska could be on the hook for…
Western Washington Medical Group Notifies 842 Patients of Improper Disposal of Records
EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 2, 2018 — Western Washington Medical Group (“WWMG”), located in Everett, Washington, discovered that medical records and information for some of its patients may have been improperly disposed of on November 13, 2017. On that date, the janitorial service performed their routine clean-up but mistakenly comingled documents from the WWMG Orthopedic, Sports, Spine, and…