Boston-based Partners Healthcare System has notified approximately 3,300 individuals of a data breach, compromising protected health information, GovInfoSecurity reports. According to a notice from the organization, the breach is believed to stem from phishing emails that tricked employees into sharing confidential data. Separately, UC Berkeley has notified nearly 300 students their Social Security numbers and other personal information was accessed via a campus computer server that stored family financial information. Meanwhile, Sony Corp. of America has settled with Zurich American Insurance Co. for data breach coverage from the Sony Playstation hack in 2011.
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