http://www.clinical-innovation.com/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=35217:ky-data-breach-affects-2500 By Editorial Staff Clinical-Innovation.com September 20, 2012 The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is informing approximately 2,500 clients by letter of a possible employee email account breach that may have resulted in the unintentional release of information held by the Cabinet’s Department for Community Based Services (DCBS). According to a statement posted on the Frankfort, Ky.-based organization’s website, in July, a DCBS employee responded to a “phishing” email sent by a hacker. Unauthorized activity on the account was identified within a half hour and the account was immediately disabled. There is no evidence that the confidential contents of the email account were accessed or viewed, but the hacker did have access to the email account for a brief period. Data about the individuals being notified was included in the National Youth Transition Database monitoring those in the process of or who have recently aged out of the foster care system. “In all likelihood, the hacker intended to access the state government email server to send spam emails and did not access or view client information,” said Rodney Murphy, executive director of the Office of Administrative and Technology Services. [...] -- ExpandingSecurity.com Live OnLine classes won’t wreck your schedule. Get that cert and be done before 2012 ends. Last ISSAP 2012 class starts Sept. 25th. Last 2012 CISSP and CEH starts Oct. 1: CEH info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/ceh-certified-ethical-hacker-online/ CISSP info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/cissp-live-online-10-week-course/ ISSAP info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/issap-information-systems-security-architecture-professional/Received on Tue Sep 25 2012 - 02:19:41 PDT
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