Jessica Davis reports: The North Florida OB-GYN in Jacksonville, part of Woman’s Care Florida, recently began notifying 528,188 patients of a months-long cyber incident that potentially breached their health information. First discovered on July 27, officials said they determined certain parts of their computer systems were impacted by a cyber incident that began on or…
MN: Blue Earth to replace gym floor after cybersecurity attack
That headline is a bit of a head-scratcher, isn’t it? Katie Mulllaly explains: Blue Earth Area High School is looking to replace its gymnasium floor in the wake of a Sept. 19 cyberattack at the school. The attack left the floor susceptible to humidity, damaging it. At the school board meeting this week, Superintendent Mandy…
UK: Police receptionist, 51, illegally used her force’s confidential database ‘like Facebook’ to help her best friend keep tabs on her tearaway family
Henry Martin reports: A police receptionist who accessed her force’s confidential database ‘like Facebook’ to help her best friend keep track of her tearaway family has been spared jail with a suspended sentence. Ex-prison warder Jacqueline Wilson, 51, made illicit checks on police investigations after former workmate Jacqueline Goosey, 52, asked her for information about…
UK: Bolton school pupils’ personal details lost after data breach
Joseph Timan reports: Personal data identifying hundreds of children’s names, addresses and schools have been “misplaced”. The missing document is believed to reveal the personal details of all Year 7 pupils in two secondary schools. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has launched an internal investigation after the school nursing team lost a list of 425 pupils’…
IN: Patient’s claim her x-rays were wrongly shared reinstated
Katie Stancombe reports: A Lake County woman whose medical records were unknowingly shared with her employer by a Community Hospital worker in Munster who took her x-rays has won a reversal of her dismissed complaint against the hospital. Amanda Henry, who received medical treatment in March 2018 at Community Hospital in Munster, was required to…
Ca: RCMP charge two Montrealers over cyber attack of Bell customer accounts
The Canadian Press reports: The RCMP say charges have been laid against two Quebecers for their alleged involvement in a cyber attack of Bell Canada customer accounts. Nana Koranteng and Jesiah Russell-Francis of Montreal are to appear on charges including unauthorized use of a computer, fraud over $5000, conspiracy to commit fraud, laundering proceeds of…