Reznick Group, a top 20 national CPA firm, today announced that it has been informed by AssureCare Risk Management, Inc. (“ARM”), the former service provider of Reznick Group’s employee benefits plan from 2001-2006, that ARM has suffered a security breach of its computer server that may affect former and current Reznick Group employees and their…
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UK: Unencrypted laptops with patient data stolen from Harley Street Clinic results in undertaking
There was no press release on this one, but the UK’s ICO had HCA International Limited sign an undertaking following the theft of two unencrypted laptops from a hospital in March. According to the statement: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was provided with a report of the theft, in March 2011, of two unencrypted laptops containing…
Data breach reported at Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner
Liz Kowalczyk reports: A doctor from Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospital lost an external hard drive on June 21, and the device may have contained medical information for 638 patients. The Brigham has sent a letter to those patients describing the problem. Patients who have questions can call toll-free at 877-694-3367. Information related to inpatient hospital…
IG: Contractor Improperly Accessed VA IT
Eric Chabrow reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general substantiated allegations left on a departmental hotline last summer that IT contractors without appropriate security clearances improperly gained access to the VA’s electronic health record system. Belinda Finn, assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations, wrote in an audit dated July 27, that contractor personnel improperly shared user accounts…
700 sites hacked by Indian hackers as a revenge attack
Well this is true "cyber war" attacking a bunch of targets because of another attack….cant get any more simple then that. It would appear that some time ago a Indian music website was hacked and now the Indians have the upper hand and have released a list of 700+ sites and that been hacked. Here’s…
(follow-up) BCBS of Tenn. Encrypts All Stored Data
After BCBS of Tennessee had that horribly time-consuming and costly breach involving 57 tapes with oodles of personal and protected health information that they had to wade through, they apparently learned their lesson. Howard Anderson writes: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, which experienced a health information breach affecting nearly 1 million individuals in 2009, has completed the encryption of all…