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It’s 10 pm somewhere. Do you know where your old databases are?

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dissent

An old database that seems to have magically reappeared online more than a decade after it was removed reminds us of an often-overlooked risk. In January, DataBreaches.net reported that a behavior intervention therapist’s database was exposed online due to a misconfigured MongoDB installation. What struck me about the incident was that the therapist likely had no idea that a company she had…

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CA: Anesthesiologist notifies patients after PHI wound up in a trash container

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dissent

Anesthesiologist Pratap S. Kurra, M.D., is notifying some of his patients whose protected health information was found to have been discarded improperly on August 8. In a template of the notification letter uploaded to the California Attorney General’s web site, Dr. Kurra writes: On August 9, 2016, I was informed that papers related to my…

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RI: University Gastroenterology notifies patients of ransomware attack

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dissent

University Gastroenterology is notifying patients after what sounds like a ransomware attack. In a notice on their web site, they write that on  July 11, 2016, they discovered that an unauthorized individual had gained access to an electronic file storage system from a practice they had acquired in 2014, Consultants in Gastroenterology, and encrypted several files….

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CA: Yuba-Sutter Medical Clinic discloses August ransomware attack

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dissent

Yuba-Sutter Medical Clinic is notifying patients after a ransomware attack on August 3. Fortunately, the center was able to regain access relatively quickly and no data were lost, although they acknowledge that they did experience some delays in accessing internal information and patient information while they worked to regain access. As far as they can…

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Mom Says For-Profit School Stole Her Identity

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dissent

John Brackin reports: The mother of a student attending Fortis Institute in Birmingham, Ala., claims in court that the for-profit school used her personal information to fraudulently charge her for a student loan. Julie Rogers, a resident of Jefferson County, Ala., sued Fortis on Tuesday, along with its parent organization Education Affiliates LLC, in Northern…

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Details emerge on Fuzzy’s Taco Shop credit card breach

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Dissent

No, it wasn’t an employee with a skimmer. There’s an update to the Fuzzy’s Taco Shop breach involving customers’ credit card information.  Andrew McMillan reports: KTXS spoke with Detective Gabriel Thompson with the APD Fraud Division Thursday, and he revealed more details about the two-month-long data breach that started in July and ended Sept. 1….

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