Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center disclosed a ransomware incident that may or may not have resulted in access to protected health information. As they explain in their notice to patients of September 24, 2017: On July 26, 2017, Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center discovered that its computer network had been impacted by ransomware,…
$1,000 cheques sent out as court ruling payout for privacy breach at Shelburne Roseway Hospital
This strikes me as considerably more than plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit here would get for a similar breach. Amy Woolvett reports from Nova Scotia: Cheques were delivered last week surrounding the privacy breach of hundreds of people at Roseway Hospital. Victims of the breach are each being issued a $1,000 cheque. On June…
Firewalls Don’t Stop Hackers. AI Might.
Scott Rosenberg reports: The cybersecurity industry has always had a fortress mentality: Firewall the perimeter! Harden the system! But that mindset has failed—miserably, as each new headline-generating hack reminds us. Even if you do patch all your software, the way Equifax didn’t, or you randomize all your passwords, the way most of us don’t, bad…
Breach at Sonic Drive-In May Have Impacted Millions of Credit, Debit Cards
Brian Krebs reports: Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food chain with nearly 3,600 locations across 45 U.S. states, has acknowledged a breach affecting an unknown number of store payment systems. The ongoing breach may have led to a fire sale on millions of stolen credit and debit card accounts that are now being peddled in shadowy underground…
Auburn Eye Care Associates: Can you see it NOW?
Earlier today, TheDarkOverlord revealed another hack involving patient data: Auburn Eye Care Associates of Auburn, CA. We’ve stolen many thousands of patient records from their EHR system. https://t.co/KDdIUJ59OY — thedarkoverlord (@tdo_hackers) September 26, 2017 Auburn Eye Care Associates of Auburn, CA. We’ve stolen many thousands of patient records from their EHR system. http://www.auburneyedocs.com/ Although TheDarkOverlord…
Ca: Huge potential privacy breach exposes Nunavut’s lax file management
Steve Ducharme reports: Thousands of records containing the private clinical information of Nunavut residents treated at the Qikiqtani General Hospital in Iqaluit may have gone missing more than a year ago, but the Department of Health decided not to notify the public about what could be a massive information and privacy breach. That’s because health…