Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Steven G. Hughes, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Secret Service, announced yesterday the unsealing of an Indictment and a Complaint charging 23 individuals for their alleged participation in a large-scale counterfeit credit card scheme….
Orthopedic surgeon's laptop stolen in home burglary; 8,900 patients notified of data theft
San Jose-based orthopedic surgeon Stephen T. Imrie, M.D. is notifying 8,900 patients that a password-protected laptop stolen from his home on September 23 held their protected health information. Although the burglary was immediately reported to the police, the laptop has not been recovered. Patient information on the laptop included the patients’ names, dates of birth, telephone…
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center hacked
The L.A. Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center has begun notifying individuals after an attack on their system may have compromised personal, medical, and credit card information. According to the LAGLCSC’s notification to California, the attack occurred between September 17 and November 8 and was confirmed between November 22 and December 3. In a letter…
Kaiser Permanente reports privacy breach to 49,000 patients
Chad Terhune reports: Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has notified about 49,000 patients of a privacy breach at its Anaheim Medical Center. Kaiser said a computer flash drive was reported missing Sept. 25 inside the hospital’s nuclear medicine department. The storage drive included patient names, date of birth, their medical record number and the type and…
Security breach at Myntra.com exposes customer’s personal information, order history and more
Sandeep Shetty writes: Update (added on 3 Dec 2013): Based on my feedback Myntra.com has now setup [email protected] for reporting security issues. Kudos to them for taking the first step towards a better responsible disclosure process and setting an example for other Indian companies. Last week a bug on Myntra.com let anyone with an account take over…
Lawmakers ask for deeper look into FDA security hack
Josh Lowensohn reports: Washington lawmakers today asked for a more thorough review of a security attack against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year, which resulted in compromised data. That attack took place on October 15th, 2013, which was the last day of the US government shutdown, and resulted in a breach of…