One month after it became aware that some faculty members had become victims of tax refund fraud, Arkansas State University still hasn’t figured out whether the breach was of their system or a third-party vendor’s. By now, 150 employees have reported problems. KAIT8 has the story.
Maine League Testifies On Breach Notice Bill
CUSystem writes: The Maine Credit Union League and representatives from Maine’s credit unions recently testified on two bills about breach notices and student-loan insurance bills, before two separate state legislative committees in Augusta. L.D. 158 requires that notice of a security breach must be made no later than 30 days after discovery of the breach…
Can Covered Entities Utilize Text Messaging and Text Paging Without Violating HIPAA?
Lynn Sessions and Cory Fox write: Text messaging allows healthcare providers to deliver simple, relevant, and customizable health information instantaneously to their patients, like reminders to obtain a vaccine, take a medication or come to an important follow-up appointment. Text paging, a form of text messaging frequently used by healthcare professionals, can help ensure patient…
Avast Germany Hacked & 20,000 Credentials leaked with payment information
Its that time of the month again when Turkish Ajan hacker group member contacts me with a leak from a high profile target, this time the target is Avast. The avast site is the German based .de domain which is the official GMBH based site (https://www.avadas.de/) for all avast related products and partner programs. The attack was…
FL: Jacksonville intranet breach exposed employees’ Social Security numbers
Fox30 reports from Jacksonville, Florida: A confidential document containing the social security numbers of every city employee hired after 2005, was found on an internal website. A city worker found the document and forwarded it on public officials. According to a letter sent to city council members, the employee was placed on paid administrative leave…
NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers
Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…