Press Release: UMC Physicians (UMCP) is educating employees on approved cloud storage solutions and notifying patients of an incident that may have compromised the privacy of protected health information held by their clinic: UMC Southwest Gastroenterology. UMCP has no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of personal information at this time. On March 12, 2019,…
NY: Episcopal Health Services – Notice of Data Privacy Event
A press release issued today. On September 18, 2018 Episcopal Health Services became aware of suspicious activity in employee email accounts. We immediately began an investigation to determine what happened and what information may have been affected. With the assistance of third-party forensic investigators, we determined that certain employee email accounts were subject to unauthorized access between…
NY: Gates Chili student arrested, charged with hacking into former superintendent’s email
WHAM reports: A student in the Gates Chili Central School District is being charged as an adult after allegedly hacking into the account of the former superintendent. Ajay Bhattacharyya, 17, was arraigned Friday evening on eight felony counts: Two counts of computer trespass, two counts of identity theft and four counts of falsifying business records….
RIT student charged in $2.5 million mobile phone hacking scheme
Will Cleveland reports: A Rochester Institute of Technology student is among those charged by federal indictment in connection with a scheme to gain control of cryptocurrency wallets and accounts. Reyad Gafar Abbas, 19, was one of six people charged in a 15-count indictment by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Michigan. Three other individuals were…
NJ: Bill Expanding Disclosure of Online Breaches Now Law
Suzette Parmley reports: Legislation expanding the types of personal data that will trigger a required notification to customers in case of a breach, including email addresses and passwords, was signed into law by Gov. Murphy. The online breach bill was among 22 measures that the governor signed on Friday. With his signature, New Jersey joins California,…
Memorial Hermann worker accused of stealing patients’ credit card numbers to pay rent
Sophia Beausoleil reports: A Memorial Hermann employee has been suspended after he was charged with credit and debit card abuse. He’s accused of stealing patients information to pay for rent, buy food and purchase rides to work. According to Harris County court records, 26-year-old Elliott Phylow admitted to Harris County Precinct Four constables that he…