Embarrassing reminders about the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) breach continue. The Associated Press reports on testimony in yesterday’s hearing by the state’s House oversight panel: Revenue has been criticized for not using the state information technology division’s computer monitoring services — which are offered but not required — before the hacking. While the…
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Hacked, 40,000 Credentials Leaked
A hacker collective named Dark Web Goons has been on a spree since the start of the year and now they have released a hack from a large Wireless Technology manufacturer named Tranzeo Wireless Technologies (https://www.tranzeo.com/). Tranzeo Wireless Technologies (TSXV:TZT) leads the wireless broadband industry as a premier manufacturer of high-performance wireless network equipment that allows…
Patients’ personal information found in dumpster outside dentist’s office
Tammi Vigil reports on a breach in Aurora, Colorado: A viewer sent FOX31 a tip about medical records tossed in the trash at Southlands in Aurora. In a place where people shop, some of the most priceless items lie unprotected in this dumpster. “They should throw all this stuff inside a shredder you know,” says…
Judge denies Kaiser access to couple's PCs in patient-files case
File this under the I-didn’t-see-this-one-coming dept.: Chad Terhune of the L. A. Times reports: In an ongoing legal battle over confidential patient data, a state judge refused to grant Kaiser Permanente access to the personal computers and email account of a couple the healthcare giant hired to store nearly 300,000 hospital files. […] In October,…
Are Cloud Service Providers Business Associates under HIPAA and the HITECH Act?
Joseph Lazzarotti writes: As more companies move to the cloud, regulatory compliance remains a critical issue. For cloud service providers to the healthcare industry, it looks like the requirement to comply with the HIPAA privacy and security rules as business associates will be confirmed when long-awaited final regulations are issued, based on a report by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee with Healthcare Information…
Global Payments revises total breach cost estimates upwards, but wait until you see what *didn’t* cost them
In September, I posted Global Payments’ statement from their quarterly filing that dealt with the costs of a breach disclosed in March 2012. BankInfoSecurity.com has just reported on their most recent filing. Whereas last year, Global Payments estimated the cost of the breach at about $84 million, their current 10-Q filing puts the cost of the…