Over 20,000 patients at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego are receiving HIPAA breach notification letters after employees accidentally emailed protected health information to job applicants on two separate occasions. One incident occurred almost two years ago, but patients are just now being notified. The information compromised included patients’ names, dates of birth, diagnoses, admit and discharge dates, medical record numbers, and insurance information. The hospital has hired an outside security firm to verify that the files have been deleted from the job applicants’ devices.
Rest, AustralianSuper Among Funds Hit By Cyberattack
Australia’s largest superannuation funds, including AustralianSuper, REST, Australian Retirement Trust, and Hostplus, have suffered from a coordinated cyber attack, with around 8,000 accounts breached. Hackers
