Jason Warick reports: The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations recently paid more than $20,000 to an anonymous hacker who breached its computer system, CBC News has learned. The revelation surfaces as hundreds of delegates gather in Saskatoon on Wednesday and Thursday to elect a new FSIN chief and two vice-chiefs. Read more on CBC.
Byram Healthcare notifies patients about rogue insider incident
Byram Healthcare is a firm that provides disposable medical supplies. They were acquired in 2017 by Owens & Minor. On October 22, Byram sent notification letters to patients whose data may have been stolen and/or misused by a former employee. Byram learned of the former employee’s wrongdoing when they were contacted by law enforcement. In…
Update: TIO Networks notifies consumers of breach going back to 2014 or earlier
TIO Networks USA was acquired by PayPal in July, 2017. Months later, they reported, services were suspended after discovery of vulnerabilities. Investigation into those vulnerabilities resulted in TIO having to report that it had been hacked by 2014 and possibly earlier. According to information provided in December, 2017, 1.6 million consumers were affected. From their…
Follow-up: Mecklenburg Co. not fined for releasing personal information of health department patients
WSOC-TV reports: The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights did not fine Mecklenburg County for inadvertently providing Channel 9 with the personal medical information of thousands of health department patients in 2017. Records show Mecklenburg County self-reported the potential HIPAA violation on May 4, 2017. In March 2017, in…
NZ: IRD privacy breach raises data handling concerns
Nine to Noon reports: Inland Revenue’s data protection protocols are being questioned after a woman received information about a stranger’s child support in a copy-and-paste error. The Wellington woman got a letter from Inland Revenue addressed to her that included the full name of a father who was paying child support, and his child. She…
ZA: Internet Solutions warns of security breach
Jan Vermeulen reports: Internet Solutions (IS) has confirmed that its internal monitoring systems have detected “irregular activity” on some of its virtual services. This comes after the company sent a notice to clients to warn them about a breach – and urged them to change their passwords and take additional steps to secure their servers….