The university of Chicago was under a massive cyber attack where unknown hackers breached the computer networks stealing personal details of staff and students. The duration and exact date of breach has not been disclosed, but a letter from officials shows they learned about the breach on January 22, 2015. Here's a sample of the letter: … [Read more...] about Breach: University of Chicago
The billing information of 14,000 Sacred Heart Health System patients was compromised recently when an employee email account of the healthcare provider's third-party billing vendor was hacked. Source: http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2015/03/16/sacred-heart-health-system-billing-information-hacked/24859975/ … [Read more...] about Breach: Sacred Heart Health System
Premera Blue Cross has suffered a data breach that resulted in a potential compromise of personal, financial and health-related information of as many as 11 million applicants and members. Source: http://premeraupdate.com/ … [Read more...] about Breach: Premera Blue Cross
A rogue cop hacked into a police database for confidential information, then contacted victims while posing as lawyer. Here's the whole story: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/auxiliary-hacked-nypd-database-authorities-article-1.2153173 … [Read more...] about Insider Threat: Cop Arrested for Hacking Department Systems
According to the Associated Press, Virginia Commonwealth University donated CDs containing patients' addresses, dates of birth, clinical information, Social Security numbers and other personal information. Here's the story: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_HOSPITAL_BREACH_VAOL-?SITE=VADAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT … [Read more...] about University donates CDs with HIPAA info