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10, 000 people's files leaked in COVID-19 data breach in Delaware
From: Destry Winant <destry () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:49:18 -0600
https://www.wgal.com/article/10000-peoples-files-leaked-in-covid-19-data-breach-in-delaware/34682398# On Sunday, Delaware Public Health officials disclosed that an unauthorized person mistakenly received personal information of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus over the summer. Delaware's Division of Public Health says a temporary staff member sent two unencrypted emails in August which included files for 10,000 people. Officials say the mistake occurred when the temporary staffer sent an internal email, meant to be distributed to employees of a call center who help people obtain their test results, to a unauthorized user. The person who received the emails on Aug. 13 and Aug. 20 alerted the division about the error and reported deleting the messages. The first email had the information of people tested between July 16 and Aug. 10. The second email included the data of people tested on Aug. 15. The leaked files included: - COVID-19 test results - names - birth dates - phone numbers The files did not include financial information. The person who sent the emails is no longer employed by the Delaware Department of Health or the temporary staffing agency. Staff at the Department of Health have been retrained on the appropriate policies and procedures. Officials have reported the breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Delaware Department of Justice. Starting Monday a call center will open to provide information about the data breach. People with questions can call 1-833-791-1663. _______________________________________________ BreachExchange mailing list sponsored by Risk Based Security BreachExchange () lists riskbasedsecurity com If you wish to Edit your membership or Unsubscribe you can do so at the following link: https://lists.riskbasedsecurity.com/listinfo/breachexchange
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