Alexander J. Martin reports: Sports Direct has left its 30,000-strong workforce in the dark over a data breach in the autumn when a hacker accessed internal systems containing staffers’ personal information. The Register can reveal the UK’s largest sports retail business was the subject of a digital break-in during September, when an attacker exploited public vulnerabilities…
Five months after learning of problem, Michigan cancer treatment provider notifies 22,000 patients
On October 21, 2016, Singh & Arora Oncology Hematology PC in Michigan notified HHS of a hacking incident that they reported impacted 16,000 patients. Today, we learn that 22,000 patients are first getting notification letters this week. Why has it taken more than three months since HHS was notified for patients to be notified? Jessica Dupnack reports: According to the letter, one of…
Small Milwaukee publisher sues to stop misrouted medical faxes putting him at risk
Jim Stingl reports: If you fax private medical information to a health management company in Ohio, you don’t expect it to arrive instead at a small publishing firm in Milwaukee. Well, surprise! That’s exactly what has been happening since the summer of 2015. Craig Berg, owner of Moose Moss Press, has tried to make it stop, but the wayward…
Isis-linked hackers attack NHS websites to show gruesome images from Syrian civil war
Kim Sengupta reports: Islamist hackers linked to Isis carried out an attack on a series of NHS websites in a cyber-attack exposing serious flaws in security systems meant to protect sensitive information, The Independent has learnt. Graphic, brutal images of violence from Syria’s war were put up on the sites by a group based in North Africa…
Princeton Pain Management notifies patients after hacker gains access to PHI
Princeton Pain Management is notifying 4,668 patients of a hack that was detected on November 28. Although they found no evidence that data were removed from their system, protected health information (PHI) was accessed. From their notification: What Information Was Involved We believe that this incident may have affected certain information stored in our systems including…
NJ: Little Egg Harbor Seeks Three Tiered Criminal Investigation into Stolen Data
Somebody is stealing confidential information from municipal computer systems in Little Egg Harbor and the township wants to know who and how they end up in the hands of a local political blogger each time. In a letter dated November 10, 2016, township attorney Robin LaBue sent a letter to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office,…