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.
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