Matthias Ang reports: An employee in UOB has disclosed the personal details of 1,166 customers, who are China nationals, as a result of an impersonation scam. According to a press release by the bank, the employee had allegedly been deceived by a China police impersonation scam, leading to the disclosure of the customers’ names, identification and mobile…
Massive hack exposes emails from top Lightfoot officials
Tom Schuba reports: A massive cache of tens of thousands of hacked emails detailing the inner workings of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration was leaked to the public last month apparently in response to the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. The emails were posted online on April 19 by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a…
Timberland Regional Library Takes Action After Learning of Data Security Incident
TUMWATER, Wash., May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Timberland Regional Library (“TRL”) announced today that it has taken action after learning of a data security incident which may have involved the personal information of its patrons. TRL began providing notification to all potentially impacted individuals on May 5, 2021. What Happened? – On January 20, 2021, TRL became aware of a potential…
UK: Hospital medic lost boxes of private patient data while conducting study without approval
Jonathan Humphries reports: A senior medic has been suspended after running a clinical trial using sensitive medical information without permission of his hospital. Miguel Martin Garcia, a band 8 physiotherapist at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, used patient consent forms headed with the trust’s branding and carted off boxes of patient records to a private practice. His decision…
San Diego Family Care discloses possible data breach
City News Service reports: San Diego Family Care announced Friday it has alerted current and former patients and employees about a computer security breach that may have involved their personal information. […] The issue came to light in December, when officials with SDFC and its business associate, Health Center Partners of Southern California, became aware…
University of Florida Health Shands notifies patients of privacy breach
University of Florida Health Shands officials have notified 1,562 individuals affected by a privacy incident involving a former employee who accessed medical records outside the scope of their duties between March 30, 2019 and April 6, 2021. Although this information did not involve Social Security Numbers, insurance details or other financial information, some demographic information…