Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies in Michigan is notifying 4,082 patients after discovering that malware had been injected into their system in November, 2015. Here is there notification posted to their web site today: On March 19, 2016, Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies (“CCBT” or “we”) learned that CCBT’s server was accessed by unauthorized users –…
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Eye Associates of Pinellas notifying 87,000 patients of Bizmatics breach (update2)
On May 5, Southeast Eye Institute, P.A. (dba Eye Associates of Pinellas) notified HHS that it was notifying 87,314 patients of an incident they coded as “hacking/IT incident.” There is no statement on their web site at this time and I can find nothing online that explains the incident. DataBreaches.net has contacted the practice requesting a statement…
117 Million LinkedIn Emails And Passwords up for sale (Updated)
Lorenzo Franceschai-Bicchierai reports: A hacker is trying to sell the account information, including emails and passwords, of 117 million LinkedIn users. The hacker, who goes by the name “Peace,” told Motherboard that the data was stolen during the LinkedIn breach of 2012. At the time, only around 6.5 million encrypted passwords were posted online, and LinkedIn never…
Patient appointment booking service notifying patients of potential breach
Zocdoc, an online booking system for dental or medical appointments, is first notifying patients almost one year after they learned programming errors enabled providers to access patient information they should not have had access to. In June, 2015, Zocdoc reportedly learned that a programming error had allowed some past or current practice staff members to access…
NC: Stolen Blue Ridge Surgery Center laptop was encrypted, but password was with it
Blue Ridge Surgery Center, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates, has posted a breach notification to patients: Blue Ridge Surgery Center (BRSC), is committed to protecting the confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an incident that may have involved some of that information. On March 17, 2016, BRSC learned that an employee’s…
AZ: Gilbert Public Schools email hacked by junior high school student
AP reports: A junior high school student reportedly hacked into the email system of Gilbert Public Schools and sent inappropriate messages to other students. District officials said the Highland Junior High student got access to the teacher’s login information and emailed messages to other students over the weekend. Read more on The Arizona Republic. And the…