Alison Frankel writes: The adultery-encouraging website Ashley Madison is now facing at least five U.S. class actions by users who claim the site failed to protect their confidential information from hackers who have since dumped their names, addresses and sexual predilections onto the Internet. The good news for people burned in the Ashley Madison attack:…
OH: 7,664 families notified of recordings missing from Akron Children’s Hospital
WFMJ reports: Akron Children’s Hospital has notified 7,664 patient families, including some from the Boardman facility, that a hard drive of back-up transport voice recordings has been lost. According to a statement from the hospital, the hard drive contains voice recordings of communications between dispatchers and medical staff at community hospitals, physician offices and Akron Children’s…
UCLA Health breach notification results in confusion, more breaches?
The massive breach at UCLA Health was bad enough, but now it looks like their breach notification resulted not only in confusion, but a second HIPAA privacy breach. Lisa Zamosky reports: Steve Reasner recently learned that because he is a patient at UCLA Health, his personal information may now be in the hands of criminals….
Aviva ‘revenge’ phone hacker jailed for 18 months
BBC reports: A man has been jailed for 18 months for hacking into 900 phones belonging to the insurance company Aviva. Richard Neale, 40, pleaded guilty to carrying out the attack as revenge after falling out with colleagues. He was previously a director at Esselar, a company contracted by Aviva to run its security network….
John McAfee: Ashley Madison database stolen by lone female who worked for Avid Life Media
John McAfee opines: Yes, it is true. Ashley Madison was not hacked – the data was stolen by a woman operating on her own who worked for Avid Life Media. The reason that I am so late to the second act of the Ashley Madison affair is that, without a supercomputer, it has taken over…
U. of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology notified patients after laptop stolen from physician’s car
Statement issued by University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology on July 2, 2015: OU Physicians is committed not only to providing quality care, but also to the proper handling and protection of its patients’ information. As part of its commitment to patient privacy, and out of an abundance of…