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Lutheran Social Services discovers possible security breach on computer system
From: Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 10:23:50 -0400
http://www.ydr.com/crime/ci_23198082/lutheran-social-services-discovers-possible-security-breach-computer Hackers targeted Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, remotely planting disruptive software on its computer system, according to a news release. That means that potentially, residents' personal information, including names, date-of-birth, social security number, Medicare numbers could have been accessed, the release states. The agency quickly dispatched computer experts to investigate the extent and possible source of the malware. "We shut the spigot off right away," Lutheran Social Services spokeswoman Crystal Hull said Thursday. Hull said that the agency is required by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to notify those who may have been affected by the security breach. "We don't see evidence that they did (access the information), but we can't definitively prove that they didn't," Hull said. Established in 1951, Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania provides residential living, personal care and nursing and rehabilitation services in six senior living communities; home care and hospice services; and a range of community outreach services, the release states. _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Supporters: Risk Based Security (http://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/) Risk Based Security equips organizations with security intelligence, risk management services and on-demand security solutions to establish customized risk-based programs to address information security and compliance challenges. Tenable Network Security (http://www.tenable.com/) Tenable Network Security provides a suite of solutions which unify real-time vulnerability, event and compliance monitoring into a single, role-based, interface for administrators, auditors and risk managers to evaluate, communicate and report needed information for effective decision making and systems management.
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