Sig Christensen has the confirmation for my hunch that the SAIC breach involved theft and not just loss of the backup tapes: Science Applications International Corp., a Pentagon contractor, said Thursday the worker had been given the job of taking the tapes from one federal facility to another when they were stolen. A San Antonio…
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Confirmed: the SAIC/TRICARE breach was due to theft of tapes left in an unattended vehicle
Sig Christensen has the confirmation for my hunch that the SAIC breach involved theft and not just loss of the backup tapes: Science Applications International Corp., a Pentagon contractor, said Thursday the worker had been given the job of taking the tapes from one federal facility to another when they were stolen. A San Antonio police report…
TRICARE discloses SAIC breach: stolen backup tapes held data on 4.9 million (updated)
TRICARE, the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide, issued the following public statement on their web site: STATEMENT On September 14, 2011, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) reported a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) impacting an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients. The information…
TRICARE discloses SAIC breach: backup tapes held data on 4.9 million
TRICARE, the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide, issued the following public statement on their web site: STATEMENT On September 14, 2011, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) reported a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) impacting an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients….
GA: Atlanta Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Computer Hacking Charges
Eric McNeal, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to intentionally accessing a protected computer of a competing perinatal medical practice without authorization. United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, “The citizens of our community should expect that their confidential patient information is just that—confidential—and that it will not be hacked…
MI: Thousands of abandoned medical records found in building
WNEM reports that thousands of medical records were found abandoned in an unused office after the building was sold at auction. Shockingly, when the reporter contacted the state, they did not take steps to secure the information. The station reports: TV5’s Liz Gelardi called the state health department where a spokesperson explained a hospital or…