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Data Breach Impacts 1 in 4 Wyomingites Wyoming's Department of Health (WDH) has announced the accidental exposure of personal health information belonging to more than a quarter of the state's population on GitHub.com. The data breach occurred when fifty-three files containing laboratory test results were "inappropriately handled" by an employee.  News of the security incident was published on the department's website yesterday along with a response plan. WDH detected the breach on March 10. An investigation into the incident revealed that the health infor...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily The Wyoming Department of Health saw a data breach that exposed the health information of nearly 165,000 Wyoming residents. The department announced the breach on Tuesday, as well as detailing its plan to respond. The department became aware of a breach involving protected health information on March 10. It was discovered a workforce member inappropriately handled the health information of approximately 164,021 Wyoming residents and others as early as Nov. 5, 2020. The incident involves an unintentional exposure of 53 files containing coronavirus and influenz...

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is announcing a mistaken exposure of laboratory test result data involving the health information of thousands of Wyoming residents and others, as well as describing its plan to respond. The WDH confirmed however, affected files did NOT contain social security numbers, or banking, financial or health insurance information. The department became aware of a breach involving protected health information on March 10, 2021. It was discovered a workforce member inappropriately handled the health information of approximately 164,021 Wyoming residents and others...