On February 19, I reported that I was finding 2016 W-2 tax statements for sale on the darknet. In that post, I noted that I was not identifying one Florida college I had contacted that day to alert them that at least one of their employees’ W-2 statements was up for sale – and that others might…
Category: U.S.
Solarwinds sends customers each others’ complete client lists
Alexander J. Martin reports: Software company Solarwinds, which sells IT management tools, has infuriated customers after a faulty alert exposed customers’ entire client lists to their competitors. An unspecified issue affecting the Texas-based business’ RemoteManagement tool, which it gained after acquiring Dundee-based LogicNow, led to a mass leaking of business data last Friday morning. Read…
Chadron Community Hospital discloses insider wrongdoing that went on for more than 5 years
Let’s start with their notice of the incident: Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services takes our obligation to protect our patients’ personal health information seriously. Regrettably, this notice concerns some of that information. On January 3, 2017, we learned that one of our staff members had accessed patient medical records outside of the employee’s job…
Data of 750 Patients Breached in Computer Theft at Sharp Healthcare
Cassia Pollock reports: The personal health information of more than 750 outpatients at Sharp Healthcare might have been compromised because of a computer theft, the San Diego-based medical care provider announced Friday. In a statement, Sharp said a computer and external storage device were discovered missing on Feb. 6 from a locked cabinet in an access-controlled patient…
Hackers attack Pa. Senate Democrats’ computer system with Ransomware
Jan Murphy reports: A cyberattack forced the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus to shutdown its computer system on Friday, according to a statement from the caucus’ leader Sen. Jay Costa. The Ransomware attack, discovered early Friday morning, delivered malware to computers throughout the network, making its systems and data inaccessible to caucus members and employees throughout…
SLO County Clerk-Recorder’s Office accidentally releases Social Security numbers
Matt Fountain reports: Twelve people, including 10 San Luis Obispo County residents, were notified this week that their Social Security numbers were “inadvertently” released to two private title companies because of a technical error, the county Clerk-Recorder’s Office said Thursday. The 12 people have been notified of the breach and urged to monitor their credit reports, Assistant Clerk-Recorder…