Pat Kinney reports: UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital is reviewing a breach of patient information which occurred over about seven years. The hospital is notifying approximately 1,620 patients that a former employee inappropriately accessed their personal information in the hospital’s electronic medical record. Allen Hospital compliance staff detected inappropriate access to the hospital’s medical record on March…
Category: U.S.
YahooMail Is So Bad That Congress Banned It (UPDATED)
William Turton reports: Earlier today, reports surfaced about an email sent to House of Representatives staffers about ransomware. Gizmodo has obtained the email in full. According to the email sent in late April by the House’s Technology Service Desk, there has been an increase in ransomware attacks sent through Gmail, YahooMail, and other public email services. Ransomware…
FL: Former Tampa police employee gets 2 years for ID theft, fraud
WFTV reports an update to a case I’ve covered previously on this blog. Tonia Bright, a former Tampa Police Department civilian employee, was indicted last September for her role in a fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Bright misused her access to local, state, and federal law enforcement databases, including the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)…
Personal information displayed to others on NY’s health exchange website
Kimberly Howard reports: The New York State Department of Health is responding to an issue with the state’s health exchange website that allowed users to see the private information of other people. One user, who did not want to speak on camera, sent CBS6 a screen grab of what he says he saw when he…
Children’s National Medical Center blames former transcription vendor for privacy breach
In March, 2015, the D.C.-based Children’s National Medical Center notified 18,000 patients of a breach that occurred between July 26, 2014 and December 26, 2014 after employees fell for phishing emails. In May, 2015, they were sued over that breach. Now, CNMC has disclosed another breach, this one involving a former vendor who provided medical transcription services. Their press…
Personal information of hundreds of City of Houston employees exposed
Greg Picazo reports a City of Houston breach of current and former city employees’ information that will leave you muttering to yourself, “inexcusable:” The names, social security numbers and other financial information was stored in a locked filing cabinet sold by the city at auction in February. Bad enough already, right? How did they not…