Cynthia McCormick reports on the resolution of a lawsuit stemming from a laptop theft in 2014. The breach was previously reported on this site: Hundreds of Cape Cod students — many with special needs — were put at risk of identity fraud and theft when a laptop was stolen from an employee of a billing…
Clarion U. students notified after employees fall for phishing attack
Ron Wilshire reports: Clarion University was notified of an email compromise that occurred because of a criminal phishing scam that compromised two email accounts in the registrar’s office. The unauthorized individual or individuals had access to the accounts between October 7 and October 10. “Clarion University is committed to data integrity and privacy protection,” said Communication Manager…
Glens Falls Hospital workers’ Social Security numbers and flu shot status released in internal email
Michael Goot reports on a breach involving hospital employees’ health information. In this case, the health information relates to a work issue, and Social Security numbers are also involved, but it’s still their health information that caught my eye. The names and Social Security numbers of Glens Falls Hospital employees who had not received flu…
Humanitarian data breaches: the real scandal is our collective inaction
Nathaniel A. Raymond, Daniel P. Scarnecchia, and Stuart R. Campo write: The news that a platform used by at least 11 major operational NGOs and UN agencies may be relatively easy to breach, potentially exposing the personal, location, and demographic data of tens of thousands of highly vulnerable people, is deeply disturbing but not surprising….
24,000 UNC Health Care patients affected by potential security breach
John Murawski reports: UNC Health Care is notifying 24,000 patients about a potential security breach at a UNC dermatology practice in Burlington. UNC said Friday that personal patient information was contained on a hard drive of a laptop computer that was stolen from UNC Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center in October. The absence of the…
Sinai Health System notifies 11,350 patients after phishing incident
Ally Marotti reports: At least two employees at Sinai Health System had their email accounts compromised in a phishing incident, potentially affecting the information of 11,350 people. The seven-member hospital system said in a statement Thursday that it cannot confirm whether any patient information in the email accounts was viewed. However, there is a low…