You might think this is from one of the known major breaches that have been recently disclosed, but investigators don’t seem to think it is, and 170 victims have come forward in the past three days. WSFA has the story, and notes the reports started emerging on October 8: All of the victims patronized Tallassee businesses…
KY: Warren County Public Schools system hacked
Daily News reports: A Warren County Public Schools student gained access to electronic files that contain personally identifiable information. WCPS released today that a student gained unauthorized access to the files that contain information like Social Security numbers of board employees and students. Administrators notified law enforcement of the breach. The Kentucky State Police are…
Update: Touchstone Medical Imaging breach affected over 307,000 patients
The Touchstone Medical Imaging breach has been added to HHS’s public breach tool, and it’s larger than than you might have thought: 307,528 patients were affected by the incident that inadvertently shared a folder with patient billing information. Although the breach was discovered on May 9 and affected patient billing records related to dates prior…
Ca: Mayor Rob Ford's privacy breached, hospital says
Tara Deschamps reports: Two Mount Sinai Hospital staff members breached privacy when they “inappropriately accessed” Mayor Rob Ford’s health records, the hospital said today. Read more on The Toronto Star. To their credit, the hospital discovered the breach through their own internal mechanisms. They do not say, however, what disciplinary action the two staff members…
Cyber-Sleuth or Cyber-Thief? LabMD Case Continues to Expose the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly in Cyber-Security Developments
Over on HIPAA, HITECH, and HIT, Elizabeth Litten comments on FTC’s administrative case against LabMD, a case I’ve been following here for the past few years. After recapping the case, she writes: This case isn’t over, and it remains to be seen whether [Administrative Law Judge] Chappell will find the witness’s testimony credible and/or relevant…
Cover Oregon investigates another security breach
Gosia Wozniacka of AP reports: A Klamath Falls woman who applied for health coverage through Cover Oregon says the insurance exchange mailed her the personal information of other applicants. Ann Migliaccio (mil-YAH’-choh) told The Associated Press that she received documents last week containing the names and birth dates of two applicants from Hillsboro. She says the…