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Chicago Man Charged With Hacking Company’s Servers After Termination

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Dissent

NBC reports: A Chicago man was charged with damaging the servers of a north suburban industrial supply company after his employment was terminated in February 2016. Edward Soybel, 34, was charged with 10 counts of intentionally damaging protection computers, one count of attempting to cause damage to protected computers and one count of attempting to…

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Washington Health System Greene notifies 4,145 patients after hard drive with PHI was discovered stolen

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Dissent

From a notification WHS-Greene posted on their web site: It is with regret that we inform you that Washington Health System Greene recently experienced a security breach when an external hard drive for the Bone Densitometry machine, that contained patient information, was determined to be missing from our Radiology department. We discovered the external hard…

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ID: Jerome School District falls victim to ransomware

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dissent

Elenee Dao reports: The Jerome School District experienced some internet and phone issues early Monday morning, falling victim to ransomware. Chris Gibson, IT director of the district, said the virus happened early Monday morning around 3 a.m. and when he came into work at 6:30 a.m., he noticed the phone and internet not working. Gibson…

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Franciscan Physician Network of Illinois and Specialty Physicians of Illinois notify patients of payment records lost or stolen from storage facility

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dissent

Their press release: December 12 – Franciscan Physician Network of Illinois (FPN Illinois) and  Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC (formerly known as Wellgroup Health Partners, LLC, “SPI”) are notifying patients of a privacy breach. On November 21, 2017, it was confirmed that a limited number of boxes that contained 22,000 patient payment records could not be located…

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TX: MMH announces ‘data security incident’ involving patient information

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dissent

MRT reports that once again, compromising employee email provides access for attackers: Midland Memorial Hospital announced Tuesday there was a data security incident involving a limited number of patients’ personal information. […] The hospital became aware on Oct. 13 that an unauthorized third party may have obtained access to an employee’s e-mail account on or…

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New Report: The Geography of Medical Identity Theft

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dissent

Pam Dixon and John Emerson have authored a new report from the World Privacy Forum: The Geography of Medical Identity Theft. From the report: Summary of Findings and Recommendations This report finds that medical identity theft is growing overall in the United States, however, there’s a catch. The consumer complaint data suggests that the crime…

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