Lorenzo's Security Blog

  Image via Wikipedia Milton Hospital and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester will soon be contacting thousands of patients whose medical records were found at a public dump in late July. Both hospitals have posted information for patients on their websites and are making plans to send letters to all patients who were involved in [...]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined brokerage firm Davidson & Co. $375,000 over a 2007 data breach in an action that highlights the growing attention regulators are paying to the controls companies have in place for protecting customer data. Image via Wikipedia   The breach resulted in the exposure of customer names, account [...]

Connecticut Attorney General (AG) Richard Blumenthal announced Wednesday that he is suing Health Net of Connecticut for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information involving 446,000 Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers exposed by the security breach. Image via Wikipedia   Blumenthal also is seeking a court order blocking Health Net from [...]

By Shawn Regan sregan@eagletribune.com HAVERHILL — Police have warned school administrators that a former high school student may have been given access to a secure computer system with confidential information about students and teachers. A secret police report submitted to Superintendent Raleigh Buchanan says an assistant principal, a teacher and a secretary at the high [...]