At least two lawsuits have been filed against Sutter Health. One class-action suit alleges that Sutter Health was negligent in safeguarding its computers and data, and then did not notify the millions of patients whose data went missing within the time required by state law.
The security lapse occurred on two levels: both the data itself being unencrypted and the physical location stored in an unsecure location.
Although no Social Security numbers or financial information were apparently exposed, all the data elements needed for medical identity theft were included in the stolen records. Texas Comptroller's Office April 11 — Information from three Texas agencies was discovered to be accessible on a public server.
It ended up on a state-controlled public server as early as April and was not discovered until March 31, Sensitive information such as names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth and driver's license numbers could have been exposed. A spokesperson from the Texas Comptroller's Office claims that the breach occurred because numerous procedures were not followed.
Some employees were fired for their roles in the incident. Approximately two million of the 3. The birth dates and driver's license numbers of some of these people were also exposed. Two class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of the 3. Although all breaches of sensitive personal information are serious, the Texas Comptroller breach is particularly significant because individuals generally do not have a choice when providing personal information to a government agency.
It is therefore vitally important that government agencies act as responsible stewards of personal data. Health Net March 15 - Nine data servers containing sensitive health information went missing from Health Net's data center in Rancho Cordova, California.
The servers contained the personal information of 1. Not only was Health Net the first massive medical breach of the year, but the company waited three months before notifying affected individuals. The servers were discovered missing in January, but policyholders were not notified until March.
The breach highlights the importance of timely notification. Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families were affected. Patient data from the military health system dating from to September could have been compromised. It included Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, clinical notes, laboratory tests, prescriptions, and other medical information.
SAIC reported that 5,, people were affected by the breach. And why were those records not encrypted? In one of the biggest state-government data breaches to date, the George Secretary of State announced in late that 6. The leak, dubbed PeachBreach, was later blamed on a systems programmer. In early , the Office of the Texas Attorney General mistakenly included sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, in a voter database file released to plaintiff attorneys.
According to the Attorney General, the information was never exposed publicly. In mid, a hacker reportedly breached a Virginia government health website used by state pharmacists and stole the personal information of 8. In mid, the OPM announced it had discovered two separate but linked intrusions that affected an estimated Reportedly, the data was not encrypted at the time of the breach. In May , a laptop containing sensitive VA information was lost.
The result: private and sensitive information — names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, among other information — for Veterans took another hit in The problem: the hard drive contained the highly sensitive information for a reported 76 million veterans , and NARA forgot to wipe the drive before sending it off-premises.
In the largest government data breach to date, a database of million voters was exposed in late Again, and almost unfathomably, the problem came down to human error and oversight: the database was incorrectly configured and exposed on the open Internet. Yes, let me download! Exclusive Corporate feature. Corporate Account. Statista Accounts: Access All Statistics.
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