Finally, finally, FINALLY: exposed patient files from the Bolton Walk-In Clinic in Ontario have been secured. Now that the data is locked down, we can reveal more details about a seriously frustrating data leak that remained unsecured for at least 10 months while the clinic ignored all our notifications and alerts. It’s a story that…
Tag: Incident Response
A positive example of forthright breach disclosure (1)
Update: The notification DataBreaches read is not what was sent out to affected consumers. That one can be found on pages 3 and 4 of the embedded file. The consumer version is not as detailed as the disclosure I have raved about. But do read about the one they sent New Hampshire that was excellent….
Granite School District breach worse than the district has revealed — former employee (1)
Some former employees of Granite School District in Utah are reporting frustration and anger with the district’s incident response to an attack by the Rhysida group. One has written up what he found when he examined the publicly leaked data. On September 20, 2024, Granite became aware of suspicious activity on its network. An investigation…
Paging regulators to Aisle 4 to look at Pacific Union College’s data security and breach disclosure
On November 8, Pacific Union College in California notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a breach in March 2023 that impacted 56,041 people. Their notification, submitted by external counsel at McDonald Hopkins, indicates that the breach occurred between March 5 and March 19, 2023 and was discovered on October 9, 2023. That discovery date…