Jeremiah Fowler reports: On October 28th I discovered a non-password protected database that contained millions of log files. Upon further research, the records all contained information that identified PrankDial.com as the owner of the data. I immediately sent a responsible disclosure notice and the database was closed for public access shortly after. According to...
This one may be confusing to follow unless you’ve followed some issues involving this town in the past, but have a go at it anyway. Patrick Szabo reports: The Purcellville Town Council held an emergency meeting Saturday afternoon to discuss a “data security incident” related to a flash drive filled with more than 9...
This is a press release you may want to really read as it raises a number of important questions to HHS OCR as to how they do things — and how quickly (or not quickly). Nov 08 2019 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and co-founder of...
Another settlement announced from HHS tonight. From their press release: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has imposed a $1,600,000 civil money penalty against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC), for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...
A leak report quietly disappears, leaving questions in its wake