AP reports: The Michigan appeals court has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 159 people in the Detroit area whose medical records were mistakenly made available online. There’s no dispute that a contractor at Henry Ford Health System made a mistake in summer 2008. But the court notes there’s no…
PA: Police investigate student data breach at South Western High School
Jennifer Wentz reports: Penn Township police are investigating a data breach at South Western High School. The district discovered Dec. 18 that an unauthorized person accessed social security numbers of students attending the school in the 2006-2007 and 2014-2015 school years, according to a letter sent to district parents Dec. 19. Police do not believe…
IN: AG Zoeller, Sen. Merritt propose legislation to protect Hoosiers from identity theft, data breaches
Press release: In response to growing concerns about online privacy and data protection, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today announced a legislative proposal to provide greater safeguards of Hoosiers’ personal and financial information online. Zoeller’s proposal has three main components aimed at providing stricter requirements for the safe storage of sensitive data, reducing harm to…
NY: Patient Calls NY Info-Sharing Unconstitutional
Jonathan Perlow reports: New York state is collecting confidential information on mental health patients to create a database of people it deems unfit to carry a firearm, according to a federal class action. Lead plaintiff Donald Montgomery claims the state created a reporting system, as part of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement…
Medical Records Lessons from the Sony Breach
Ben DiPietro reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment could be penalized by regulators for the data breach that resulted in private health information of its employees becoming public, and could be socked with lawsuits as well. It remains to be seen which regulators might target the company, or which rules it might be accused of violating, but regardless of who…
Meet Anunak – The Hacker Crew That Owned Staples And Earned $18m In 2014
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: In November this year, dignitaries and bigwigs of the cyber security industry gathered inside Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. As they talked about general issues affecting the community, namely financially-motivated criminals, ears pricked up when one particular strain of malware, called Anunak, was said to have brought about the “armageddon” of the…