HHS added 16 breach reports to its public breach tool today, bringing the counter of breaches each affecting 500 or more individuals to 736 since HITECH went into effect September 23, 2009. As I’ve done in the past, I’ll begin by noting which of the additions we already knew about, annotated if there’s anything new…
18,800 Colorado State Workers Wrapped Up In Data Breach
Jeanne Price reports: Nearly 19,000 Colorado state workers—both current and former—could have identity protection concerns after a state worker lost a USB or thumb drive containing their personal data including Social Security Numbers (SSN). “A state employee lost the drive while transporting it between work locations. There is no indication that this information has been…
From my mail bag…
Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: Over on DataBreaches.net, a number of people are reporting that they have received notification letters for the Maricopa Community Colleges breach, but that they’ve never attended the college and have no idea why they’re receiving letters. Today, I got an email about a breach reported on this site (phiprivacy.net). I’m redacting it, but…
From my mail bag…
Over on DataBreaches.net, a number of people are reporting that they have received notification letters for the Maricopa Community Colleges breach, but that they’ve never attended the college and have no idea why they’re receiving letters. Today, I got an email about a breach reported on this site (phiprivacy.net). I’m redacting it, but it says:…
Russian hackers stole 54 million Turkish citizens’ ID data: Claim
OK, I’m posting this with a caution that it has not really received any official confirmation and I don’t know if any proof of hack or claims has been posted anywhere at this point: Russian hackers have seized 54 Turkish million citizens’ ID data because Turkey’s political parties and the country’s Supreme Election Committee (YSK)…
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services warns of possible information leak after computer stolen
WCPO reports: Ohioans who’ve recently applied for or received unemployment benefits are advised to pay close attention to their bank accounts and other personal information after a computer was stolen from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The department announced on its website that the stolen hard drive possibly contains names, addresses and Social Security…