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City of Tallahassee Payroll Affected By Hack On Out-of-State, Third-Party Vendor Payroll Service
City of Tallahassee Payroll Affected By Hack On Out-of-State, Third-Party Vendor Payroll ServiceWho: City of Tallahassee # of Accounts Breached: undetermined What was affected: $498,000 payroll money When it happened: April 3, 2019 How it happened: Almost half a...
Confidential Information Accidently Released by Maine Hospital
Confidential Information Accidently Released by Maine Hospital Who: Acadia Hospital # of Records/People Affected: 300 Patients When: 18 April 2019 What happened: A communications official at Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor mistakenly emailed the confidential...
Taxpayer Information Stolen From Employee
Taxpayer Information Stolen From EmployeeWho: The United Way of the Big Bend # of Records/People Affected: 64 Taxpayers When: 19 April 2019 What happened: A data security breach that occurred when taxpayer information was stolen from an employee in March. How Did it...
Unusual Activity on Employee Email Account Unveils Unauthorized Access of PHI
Unusual Activity on Employee Email Account Unveils Unauthorized Access of PHIWho: Partners for Quality, Inc. # of Records/People Affected: When: 19 April 2019 What happened: PFQ became aware of unusual activity relating to certain employee email accounts. How Did it...
CPA Has Information Released Through Third Party File Sharing
CPA Has Information Released Through Third Party File SharingWho: LD Evans, CPA # of Records/People Affected: When: 16 April 2019 What happened: Information released by unauthorized access by third-party file sharing service How Did it happen: LD Evans learned from...
Ohio Medicaid Recipients Information Leaked Due Computer Error
Ohio Medicaid Recipients Information Leaked Due Computer ErrorWho: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) # of Records/People Affected: 1000When: 5 April 2019 What happened: Computer error led to inadvertent information leak. How Did it happen: Ohio...
City Computers Brought Down By Ransomware
City Computers Brought Down By RansomwareWho: City of Greenville, North Carolina # of Records/People Affected: Undetermined When: 11 April 2019 What happened: Greenville, N.C., has effectively been knocked offline by a ransomware attack. How Did it happen: The city IT...
Pain Institute Falls Victim to Unauthorized Access through EMR System
Pain Institute Falls Victim to Unauthorized Access through EMR System Who: Gulf Coast Pain Consultants, dba Clearway Pain Solutions Institute # of Records/People Affected: 35,000 patients When: 18 April 2019 What happened: EMR system has been accessed by an...
Massachusetts Hospital falls Victim to Phishing Attack
Massachusetts Hospital falls Victim to Phishing Attack Who: Baystate Health of Springfield # of Records/People Affected: 12,000 When: 8 April 2019 What happened: Data breach exposed information about some 12,000 patients. How Did it happen: A phishing incident...