Jonathan Bach reports: An unauthorized person gained access to employee email accounts at Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, but a spokesman said Thursday that patient information was not “misused.” The unauthorized access happened in July; hospital officials don’t know if the person viewed any patient information in the email phishing attack. Read more on The Statesman. This…
Admins of Berlusconi Market arrested by Italian Police
The following is a Google translation of an article on la Repubblica: They used names of politicians to cover real identities on the internet. Three administrators of the black market called ‘Berlusconi market’, active in the encrypted web, were arrested by the finance guard in the context of an investigation by the Brescia prosecutor’s office. ‘Berlusconi…
Undetermined number of patient medical records lost in Bahamas
Every so often, we see an incident that is due to forces of nature or some environmental event. Here’s one from the Great Bahamas: There was a significant number of patient medical records lost at the Rand Memorial Hospital, during the passage of Hurricane Dorian, Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) Managing Director Catherine Weech said yesterday….
Capital One replaces security chief after data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: Capital One has replaced its cybersecurity chief four months after the company disclosed a massive data breach involving the theft of sensitive data on more than 100 million customers. A spokesperson for Capital One confirmed the news in an email to TechCrunch. Read more on TechCrunch.
OCR Imposes a $1.6 Million Civil Money Penalty against Texas Health and Human Services Commission for HIPAA Violations
Another settlement announced from HHS tonight. From their press release: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has imposed a $1,600,000 civil money penalty against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC), for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996…
The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Care Plan only recently disclosed a breach that occurred in January 2018.
CBC reports that the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Care Plan (MCP) has disclosed a breach that involves a missing binder with the personal health information of roughly 3,300 people. While that’s bad enough, the binder has reportedly been missing from the MCP office in Grand Falls-Windsor since January 2018, but the Department of Health wasn’t…