Newly revealed on HHS’s breach tool: Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc. had 25,330 employees enrolled in their healthcare and dental plan who were affected by the AssureCare hacking incident in May.
Texas Health and Human Services notified 1,696 of laptop stolen from car
And yet again. Hmmm. I seem to have missed this September 9th notice from Texas Health and Human Services: AUSTIN – The state is notifying almost 1,700 people that a stolen laptop may have contained their names, birthdates and some health information. All the affected individuals will be provided with free credit monitoring services although…
The Neurological Institute of Savannah and Center for Spine notifies over 63,000 that drive stolen from an employee's car contained their SSN
Here we go…. again. A notice on the home page of The Neurological Institute of Savannah and Center for Spine in Georgia reads: PUBLIC NOTICE: THEFT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION If you were a patient between January 1, 2006 – July, 2, 2011, we want you to know that a computer hard drive was stolen recently…
Cancer Care Ontario ordered to stop sending paper results
In the aftermath of a breach: The province’s privacy watchdog is ordering Cancer Care Ontario to stop sending screening reports to doctors in paper format. Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian says the agency must find a more secure method to transfer the results, which contain personal health information. She says the agency has decided…
Sony suspends 93,000 accounts after new breach
Sony has confirmed that credit card payment processing details have not been compromised after a recent online security breach. A total of 93,000 accounts on its PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment services have now been suspended, after a three-day attack succeeded in matching valid login IDs and passwords. The accounts have temporarily been…
Rose State College Receives 50k Grant for Cyber Security
For the 2nd year in a row Rose state college has got more then there fair share of grants from the government, In 2010 they received part of a 2.1m payout to several colleges. Rose state college is the only collage that currently does all size levels of the cyber security training program and it has seen a lot of its previous students…