A PHIprivacy.net editorial. As regular readers know, PHIprivacy.net and PogoWasRight.org have been covering breach accusations involving the emergency medical dispatch (EMD) and police criminal history databases in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. The town’s investigation into the allegations, an independent forensic evaluation of the security controls in use for the systems, and a subsequent state attorney general’s investigation all confirmed…
RacingPost.com hacked; change your passwords
The following statement was posted on RacingPost.com this morning: Stringent new measures are being put in place to prevent a repeat of the security breach that has affected racingpost.com. In the meantime, the website is completely safe to use as you wish because we have removed all log-in and registration functionality. Betting through the site…
Update: Arrest in Sachem schools data breach (update1)
There has been another development in a data breach involving the Sachem Central School District on Long Island (previous coverage here and here). As I commented previously, it sounded to me like they suspected an insider breach but it wasn’t clear if it was an employee or a student hacker they suspected. Well, now we…
Vermont confirms security breach involving health insurance exchange
Yesterday it was Oregon’s health insurance exchange and a mailing gaffe that exposed applicants’ information. Today it’s Vermont’s health insurance exchange and exposure of one person’s information to another online. Dave Gram of Associated Press reports: Officials overseeing the Vermont Health Connect website confirmed Friday there was a security breach on the system last month…
IL: List of social security numbers mistakenly mailed to workers
Bonita Cornute reports that 800 Metro East health care workers at Bridgemark‘s Belleville facility recently received a mailing with their 401k updates. Unfortunately, the mailing included all 800 plan participants’ names and corresponding Social Security numbers. Read more on Fox2.
Cover Oregon mailing gaffe exposes personal information to others
Saerom Yoo reports: Valarie Henderson, 55, of Salem says she was already reluctant about applying for health insurance through Cover Oregon, the state’s new health insurance exchange. But after she received in the mail sensitive and personal information of complete strangers — also Cover Oregon applicants — what little faith she had in the system…