More than two years after a disturbing privacy breach was first disclosed, Dr. Fernando Rojas has – FINALLY – been fired by Vitalité Health Authority for snooping in over 140 patients’ files over a two-year period. Read more on CBC. And yes, if it takes you two years to detect snooping and then another two years to…
Alabama website breach revealed personal data of some state retirees
Mike Cason reports: A Mobile woman who was helping her parents with their state health insurance coverage saw names, dependent’s names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of other insurance program members on the system’s website. Amanda Murdick said when she opened a portal for members on the website of the Public Education Employees’…
Islam-based #EscortsOffline campaign continues to leak users’ data
For about one year now, I’ve been covering the hacktivism of a self-identified Moroccan hacker known as ElSurveillance (@ElSurveillance on Twitter). Other media outlets have been starting to pay more attention to him recently, too. As he had explained to me in December, ElSurveillance defaces and hacks sites advertising escort services or that have adult themes for…
MT: State health employees fired after giving data to lawmakers
AP reports: Montana health officials have fired two employees for providing the Social Security numbers and other personal information of 185 childcare providers to three state legislators. The Associated Press obtained copies of letters mailed to the Republican lawmakers from Department of Public Health and Human Services director Richard Opper asking them to destroy the…
New HHS guidance on Ransomware and HIPAA
I hate it when I tweet something but forget to post it. In today’s installment of “Smacking Myself in the Forehead,” I remember to tell readers that HHS has issued a new guidance on ransomware and HIPAA. A recent U.S. Government interagency report indicates that, on average, there have been 4,000 daily ransomware attacks since…
Almost half of Irish businesses would hide data breach from customers
Sam Pinder reports: In a release set to worry many customers 46% of companies surveyed in Ireland indicated they would not disclose a data breach to impacted customers or suppliers. Ward Solutions, an Irish security provider, has revealed the results of a new survey that found almost half of Irish businesses wouldn’t disclose a data…