Years ago, I had hoped more states would require breach notifications to central offices and that states would then share those reports with the public, much as New Hampshire had done. But things haven’t really become more transparent. Maryland and California remain positive examples of transparency, but New Hampshire’s site, while still available, has...
B. J. Hansen reports on a phishing incident that has resulted in Adventist Health Sonora notifying patients. According to the hospital, the incident was discovered on September 30, and an investigation was launched. On October 14, they discovered that the compromised associate’s account contained protected health information. The hospital’s notification states: Information that may...
KSAT reports: Manor Independent School District, just east of Austin, is out of $2.3 million from a phishing scam. Investigators say the phishing email was sent to multiple people at the school district and it was a single person that responded. The money was sent through three separate transactions. Read more on KSAT.
On January 3, the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA NW) in Portland, Oregon announced that it experienced a cybersecurity incident November 4-5, 2019. The attack was described as a malware incident with Emotet malware injected when some employees fell for a phishing attack on November 4. The incident was recognized...
PIH Health notifies almost 200,000 patients whose protected health information was sitting in employee email accounts that were compromised