Another “small breach, big impact” story. Rick Carroll reports: A former Aspen Valley Hospital employee who says a human resources manager outed him as HIV-positive is alleging the hospital repeatedly violated patient-confidentiality laws. […] Doe joined the hospital in 2003 as its conference center coordinator. In August 2013, he was promoted to a technician in…
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Vermont Fish and Wildlife reports license data breach
From the notice on their web site: The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (FWD) is posting this notice because of a suspected security breach related to the on-line purchase of licenses and tags from the Department. The Department values the relationship we have with our customers and understands the importance of protecting customer information….
Acer Service Corp. notifying customers of payment card breach that began in 2015
Acer Service Corporation is notifying customers who used their e-commerce site between May 12, 2015 and April 28, 2016 that their name, address, payment card number, card expiration date and three-digit security codes may have been compromised. If you used their site within that timeframe, you may want to read their notice to the California Attorney…
Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump
Ellen Nakashima reports: Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach. Read more on Washington Post.
CA: Courthouse data breach exposes personal information
Monica Vaughan reports: Private personal information of potentially thousands of people was unintentionally available on public access computers in the Sutter County Superior Courthouse on Monday. The data breach occurred when a new case management system went live Monday morning. The system was taken down the same afternoon after an Appeal-Democrat reporter alerted Court Executive…
Kern County Mental Health Dept. self-reports data breach
From their notice posted yesterday on their web site: This letter is to inform you of a recent security incident that occurred on 4/15/16 at the Kern County Mental Health Administration offices. Our administration offices recently relocated. During the move, a report was inadvertently left behind in a vacated section of the building that had…