On December 21, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group learned that a laptop had been stolen from a locked car of one of the physicians. The laptop, which contained minor children’s protected health information, was unencrypted. According to a notification letter dated January 13, a copy of which was…
Category: U.S.
Student Hacker Faces 10 Years in Prison For Spyware That Hit 16,000 Computers
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A 21-year-old from Virginia plead guilty on Friday to writing and selling custom spyware designed to monitor a victim’s keystrokes. Zachary Shames, from Great Falls, Virginia, wrote a keylogger, malware designed to record every keystroke on a computer, and sold it to more than 3,000 people who infected more than 16,000 victims…
Email account with patient information at U. Maryland doctors group hacked
Andrea K. McDaniels reports: A doctor’s practice plan affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine has notified patients that somebody hacked the account of a physician assistant’s email account that contained the personal information of patients. The orthopedics practice at The University of Maryland Faculty Physicians Inc. mailed letters to about 1,500 patients…
Summit Reinsurance Services breach affected 19,000
The Summit Reinsurance Services ransomware breach, noted previously on this site, is beginning to attract more attention. First State Update reports: As a result of multiple consumer complaints, the Delaware Department of Insurance has been made aware of a security breach, involving Summit Reinsurance Services, Inc. (“SummitRe”) and BCS Financial Corporation, both subcontractors of Highmark…
D-Link fights back against ‘baseless’ data security lawsuit
Corinne Reichert reports: Cause of Action Institute has announced that it will be defending D-Link against the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s “unwarranted and baseless” lawsuit claiming that the technology company put thousands of customers at risk of unauthorised access by failing to secure its IP cameras and routers. The FTC should not be…
Ball State U. sends ‘accidental email,’ violates FERPA
Oops. The Ball State Daily reports: An email sent out on Tuesday did more than just inform students about their academic status. Students who earned a GPA below 2.0 were notified in December about their academic progress, and on Jan. 10, another email was intended to inform students about ways to improve their GPAs. But…