Yesterday, I linked to a report about yet another misconfigured database. This was one leaking more sensitive information, as the due diligence data were from Thomson Reuters’ World-Check service, although the 2014 database that was exposed on the internet belonged to neither of those entities. The due diligence aspect is that banks and other institutions are…
Category: U.S.
CO: Hackers hit Larimer County, services impacted
9News reports: A cyber incident is affecting compute systems in Larimer County. The county’s computer systems have had limited function since the incident on Wednesday. County officials say they’re working with security providers to find the cause and get the restores services. County data is secure and protected. The duration of this event is unknown. Read…
Texas podiatrist pleads not guilty to fraud, identity theft
Field Walsh reports: Local podiatrist Gregg Petty pleaded not guilty to fraud and identity theft at a hearing Wednesday in a Texarkana federal court. Petty, 52, appeared for arraignment with Texarkana attorney Thomas Johnson in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas. Johnson entered pleas of not guilty on Petty’s behalf to 22…
YKHC Investigating Possible Credit Card Fraud Against Employees
Anna Rose MacArthur reports: Credit card information from Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation employees may have been compromised. YKHC and Bethel Police are investigating. Tiffany Zullkosky of YKHC says the alleged fraud may have been committed by a YKHC employee. The fraud would only affect employees who’ve used personal credit cards while booking combined personal and…
CUNA Joins Wendy’s Breach Suit
Roy Urrico reports: The Michigan Credit Union League, its members and CUNA are advocating for stronger merchants and card network accountability after a Wendy’s restaurants breach forced several credit unions to cover associated costs. According to CUNA, industry sources estimated the fraudulent charges have been even larger than in other recent data breaches such as…
Business Associate’s Failure to Safeguard Nursing Home Residents’ PHI Leads to $650,000 HIPAA Settlement
This works out to over $1570 per record. Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule after the theft of a CHCS mobile device compromised the protected health information (PHI) of hundreds of nursing…