Kevin Collier reports: When 650 thousand Tennesseans voted in the Memphis area, they probably didn’t expect their personal information would eventually be picked apart at a hacker conference at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. […] But hackers given access to an ExpressPoll-5000 electronic poll book—the kind of device used to check in voters on Election Day—have…
Category: U.S.
NY: Kaleida Health notifies 2,789 patients about phishing incident
Notification to Our Patients of Phishing Incident Kaleida Health is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is to inform you of an incident involving some of that information. On May 24, 2017, we learned that an unauthorized third party potentially accessed a Kaleida Health employee’s email account….
FL: PBSO deputy gets 5 years in prison in ID theft case
CBS12 reports on a case I’ve been updating on this site for the past few years: A Palm Beach County Sheriff‘s deputy received five years in prison after pleading guilty in an identity theft case. In March, Deputy Frantz Felisma pleaded guilty to federal charges of aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. He admitted to…
Northwest Rheumatology of Tucson Notifies Patients of Potential Data Security Incident
Sometimes you think your PHI have escaped a ransomware attack…. but they may not have as this notification from Northwest Rheumatology reminds us. On April 10, 2017, Northwest Rheumatology (“NW Rheumatology”) experienced a ransomware incident which left a limited portion of its computer system encrypted and inaccessible. NW Rheumatology immediately contacted its computer security vendor…
Couple who stole Parkland, Baylor patient names to bill Medicare get federal prison time
Almost six years after I first reported on this breach and almost three years after they pleaded guilty, a Texas couple has been sentenced to prison. Kevin Krause reports: A Dallas company enticed patients to use Medicare-funded home health care they didn’t need by giving them grocery gift cards and cash, federal prosecutors say. Dallas Home Health Care…
No one taking responsibility for exposed medical records at Forest Hill
Barb Ickes reports: More than six weeks have passed since notice was given: Children were breaking into a vacant nursing home in East Moline and stealing people’s medical records. Several city officials, including police and the mayor, were notified immediately. The Illinois Attorney General was contacted. Ditto for the Illinois Department of Public Health and…