Employee Snoops through Patient Records at Canadian Regional Hospital

Apr 17, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March

Who: Nanaimo Regional General Hospital When: 26 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 485 Medical Files What happened: A employee has been linked to a privacy breach at Nanaimo Regional General HospitalHow did it happen: Unusual activity was detected by Island Health’s...

Successful Highly Sophisticated Phishing Attack Hit California School District

Apr 17, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March

Who: Carmel Unified School District When:15 Mar 2019 # of records involved: Several hundred employees What happened: Unauthorized access to some email accounts within the district. How did it happen: A successful highly sophisticated phishing attack and difficult to...

Data Breach against AZ Medicaid Agency

Apr 16, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March

Who: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System When: 11 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 3,100 individuals What happened: Thousands of Arizonans were affected by a data breach earlier this year that targeted the state’s Medicaid agency. How did it happen: An internal...

MongoDB database Leaks Business Intelligence Data

Apr 16, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March

Who: Verifications.io Website When: 7 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 809 million records What happened: Security researchers Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered an unprotected, publicly accessible MongoDB database containing 150 gigabytes of detailed, plaintext...

Ransomware Attacks Taos Public Schools

Apr 15, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March

Who: Taos schools When: 21 Mar 2019 # of records involved: undetermined What happened: A ransomware attack that knocked out the district’s digital services How did it happen: Taos Schools suffered a cyber attack, with hackers demanding $5,000 in cash as ransom...

Ransomware encrypts 50,000 Patient Records at Delaware Guidance Service Center

Apr 15, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March

Who: Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth When: 13 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 50,000 What happened: Ransomware attack on Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth How did it happen: The types of data in the files that were encrypted by the...