Stephanie Garland reports: Right now the state auditor said hackers can steal your sensitive information and school districts do not have to tell you. That could change this August before some schools start. […] If passed, a new bill would change that and require school districts to report data breaches to parents and the government….
Chadron Community Hospital discloses insider wrongdoing that went on for more than 5 years
Let’s start with their notice of the incident: Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services takes our obligation to protect our patients’ personal health information seriously. Regrettably, this notice concerns some of that information. On January 3, 2017, we learned that one of our staff members had accessed patient medical records outside of the employee’s job…
Allina Health notifies Minneapolis Heart Institute patients of data breach
This is not the first time we’ve seen a cleaning crew accidentally improperly dispose of patient records, but I do like Allina Health’s response to this incident to prevent recurrences. February 23 – This announcement is regarding a privacy incident that occurred at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, located at 800 E 28thSt., Minneapolis,…
Under the right to information law, Aadhaar data breaches will remain a state secret
All one billion Aadhaar records could be hacked and stolen, and the government wouldn’t have to disclose it or answer any questions about it? Anumeha Yadav explains that Section 6 of the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations says: The Aadhaar number of an individual shall not be published, displayed or posted publicly by any person or entity or agency….
Has W-2 fraud overtaken healthcare as the most lucrative target for cyber-criminals?
Michael Bruemmer, a vice president with the Experian Data Breach Resolution group, poses a question about whether W-2 fraud has become the most lucrative target for criminals when attacking the healthcare sector. But the data he points to – some of which is based on the work DataBreaches.net is doing with Steve Ragan of Salted Hash,…
Mossack Fonseca founders still under arrest as Panama Papers firm quits New Zealand
I haven’t provided any updates on this in a while, but Neil Camilleri provides a good update to events in the Panama Papers case on The Malta Independent. Did you know that Mossack and Fonseca had been arrested three weeks ago? The arrests, in Panama City, were linked to Brazil’s so-called ‘Operation Car Wash’ which exposed massive…