Ken Alltucker reports: State health officials have warned 2,500 individuals and families with newborns that a box containing sensitive health, financial and personal information has been lost in the mail. The Arizona Department of Health Services said its newborn-screening program gathered the information for billing purposes. The misplaced records may include health information for children tested in…
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Beacon Health System notifies 1,200 patients of employee wrong-doing
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – May 26, 2017 – Although unaware of any actual or attempted fraudulent misuse of patient information, Beacon Health System (“Beacon”) is notifying approximately 1,200 patients that records were accessed without proper authorization by a former employee. What Happened? After an audit of an employee access to medical records, Beacon discovered, on…
Russian ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Tainted Their Huge Leaks With Fake Data
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: The first evidence that the hacker crew responsible for the breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) snuck false information into their leaks has been uncovered by a group of researchers. The hackers, a group called Fancy Bear that U.S. intelligence and law enforcement claim to be sponsored by Russia’s intelligence unit, the…
Another day, another litigation threat
I am really out of patience for people threatening me or my site. Look at this one: I need to you get rid of an article off of your website: The link is: https://www.databreaches.net/cytta-reports-online-hacking-of-their-nevada-secretary-of-state-officer-and-director-data/ Steffan Dalsgaard is not guilty of these allegations, no one except your website has accused him of hacking the state of Nevada. Nevada has…
MolinaHealthcare.com Exposed Patient Records
Brian Krebs reports: Earlier this month, KrebsOnSecurity featured a story about a basic security flaw in the Web site of medical diagnostics firm True Health Group that let anyone who was logged in to the site view all other patient records. In that story I mentioned True Health was one of three major healthcare providers with…
University of Wisconsin Health: UW Health: Information on 2,036 patients compromised after data breach
UW Health says that 2,036 patients had information compromised after an employee’s email account was used by an unauthorized user. UW Health says they learned on March 28, 2017 that a breach of information happened on March 16, 2017. Officials say an unauthorized individual got access to an employee’s credentials and email account. UW Health…