There really is such as a thing as “obvious.” Isn’t there? Adam Stone reports: Federal agencies continue to over-collect, over-use and over-display Social Security numbers, leading to the an unnecessarily high risk of identity theft. That’s the latest from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. In a recent report GAO declares that a decade’s worth of…
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Largest healthcare provider in western New York successfully phished in two consecutive months
Having to notify almost 2,800 patients because an employee fell for a phishing attack is not something most healthcare providers would exactly relish. Having to notify 2,800 patients in July and then another 744 patients in August because there were phishing incidents in two consecutive months, well,….. ouch. But that’s the situation Kaleida Health in…
Victim of TheDarkOverlord notifies HHS that 6,642 patients’ data were hacked
Back in June, this site noted that the majority of victims of TheDarkOverlord had not reported the claimed breaches to HHS and that this site had filed a Freedom of Information request with HHS seeking any records on those breaches. That FOIA request included an incident involving the medical practice of Drs. Feinstein & Roe…
Personal info, Social Security numbers for lacrosse players posted on MLL website
WHEC reports: Major League Lacrosse is investigating a massive data leak that exposed every individual player’s personal information. According to an email the league sent to all players Monday evening — that was in turn sent to News10NBC by a player — a link on one of their website pages mistakenly re-directed browsers to a…
Tax documents with personal info found in East Naples dumpster
WINK News reports: A box with files full of tax-related personal information from dozens of people was found in an open dumpster by U.S. 41. A man, who declined to be identified, made the discovery last month while bicycling near the dumpster at a plaza in East Naples. The files were stuffed with unshreded forms…
Visalia woman’s personal information stolen… from her doctor’s car
Not only is the data security problematic, but so is the incident response in this case, as Rich Rodriguez reports: A Visalia woman’s personal information is in the hands of a thief. Robin Walker wasn’t hacked, it was stolen from her doctor. She had knee surgery in July. Days before the operation her doctor’s car…