As seen on the group’s web site: On January 10, 2017, Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG) was made aware that a ransomware attack that occurred on November 28, 2016 exposed certain patient health information to the hackers who infected two MUG servers with the ransomware virus. MUG has been working with a premier, international information technology…
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“Curious” employee snooped on thousands of St. Charles Health System patient records
And this, kids, is why you need to monitor employee access to patient records and audit over longer periods. Kyle Spurr reports: A caregiver at St. Charles Health System accessed nearly 2,500 patients’ electronic medical records without authorization from the hospital. The caregiver told the hospital she viewed the files out of curiosity. Her actions…
Samsung Leaking Customer Info, Tells Customer to Take It Up with the Shipper?!
From the add-this-to-the-list-of-concerns-about-Samsung dept. Matt Metzger writes: About four months ago, I ordered a new TV directly from Samsung’s online store. A few days later, I received a tracking link via email. http://www.agsystems.com/listhawb.asp?searchtype=hawb&searchvalue=1138977 Reusing Tracking Numbers When I first received the link, it showed an order that wasn’t my own. I assumed there was some sort of…
Fourth Circuit To Plaintiffs: “Could” Isn’t Enough For Standing
Matthew J. Siegel of Cozen O’Connor writes: A split continued to develop in the federal courts last month as the Fourth Circuit denied Article III standing to the plaintiffs in a data breach case whose alleged injuries were limited to the increased risk of future identity theft and the cost of measures to protect against…
Cincinnati Eye Institute employees victims of tax refund fraudsters
John Matarese reports that a number of employees of Cincinnati Eye Institute have discovered that their identity information has been misused by criminals filing for tax refunds. While CEI claims that any breach does not involve their system, they are offering their employees credit monitoring protection services. At the present time, it’s not clear whether a business associate…
US military leak exposes ‘holy grail’ of security clearance files
Zack Whittaker reports: A unsecured backup drive has exposed thousands of US Air Force documents, including highly sensitive personnel files on senior and high-ranking officers. Security researchers found that the gigabytes of files were accessible to anyone because the internet-connected backup drive was not password protected. The files, reviewed by ZDNet, contained a range of…