Attorney Jeff Drummond compares the cost of hiring a professional o get your policies and procedures in place to the cost of not having them in place and triggering an OCR investigation.
Social Security Customer Service Employee Indicted For Stealing Information And Money From Agency
BIRMINGHAM — December 27. A federal grand jury today indicted a Social Security Administration telephone service center employee for using his position to steal identifying information and benefits from Social Security beneficiaries, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Guy Fallen. A 14-count indictment filed…
South Carolina Health Insurance Pool reports breach after laptop stolen from independent auditor’s car (Update1)
Just what South Carolina needed – another agency breach. Chris Meller writes: … the South Carolina Health Insurance Pool has begun notifying current and previous subscribers that their information has been leaked again. According to a letter dated December 18th a laptop owned by DeLoach & Williamson, an independent auditor contracted by SCHIP, was stolen from an employee’s car on October 16, 2013….
Anonymous leak Ukraine Government Emails And Credentials for #OpUkraine
Appears a few days ago part 2 of the Operation Ukraine was dropped on the internet and announced from CyberGuerrilla.org. The leak is from the Ukraine Government and is the 2nd Official part of on going from them this year. The Contents of the leak are emails and communications as well as some credentials for the…
Inspira: No patient information on stolen computer
Don E. Woods reports the good news for Inspira Medical Center Vineland patients: There was no patient information on a computer stolen from Inspira Medical Center Vineland, according to a hospital spokesman. Read more on NJ.com. It’s unfortunate that patients worried for days about whether their data had been stolen and that the medical center…
The Briar Group discloses security breach affecting eight Boston bars and restaurants (updated)
Uh oh. NECN reports: A Boston restaurant group is letting patrons know that its computer systems were breached. The Briar Group, or BRG, says someone had unauthorized access to card data at the restaurants between October and early November. Diana Pisciotta, a spokesperson for the group, says they have been working on identifying the source…