Gulf Coast Health Care Services in Florida suffered a network compromise on August 17 that reportedly affected 13,000 patients. The incident was reported to HHS as “Theft, UnauthorizedAccess/Disclosure, Hacking/IT Incident”,Network Server. I really wish HHS would refine their response categories. And no, no media coverage to be found at this point and no notice on…
Month: November 2012
Kentucky neurologist notifies patients after device lost
Alexander J. Tikhtman, M.D. of Kentucky notified HHS that 2,376 patients had information on a device lost on August 15th. Once again, I can find no substitute notice nor any statement on the web site of Baptist Physicians Lexington. Dr. Tikhtman is associated with Baptist Neurology Consultants. If anyone spots one, please let me know…
Update on Women & Infants Hospital breach
The breach involving missing backup tapes at Women & Infants Hospital was reported to HHS as affecting 14,004 patients.
How many breaches did GoTickets.com have?
Back on June 20, 2012, GoTickets.com notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a breach that reportedly occurred between May 22 and May 30, 2012. In their sample notification letter submitted to the state, they wrote: We were recently made aware that certain payment card information used on our www.gotickets.com website may have been exposed. We…
Alere Home Monitoring notifies 100,000 patients after laptop stolen from employee's car
More than 100,000 patients who take drugs to prevent blood clots are at risk of identity theft. An employee of Alere Home Monitoring, Inc. had the patient data on a laptop that was stolen. The computer file contained the names, Social Security numbers, addresses and diagnoses of patients who take anticoagulant drugs such as warfarin…
Maryland man sentenced for credit card fraud scheme
Mohammed Keita, age 42, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced yesterday to 76 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in a credit card fraud scheme resulting in over $135,000 in losses. Keita was also ordered to forfeit and pay restitution of $136,838.30. Keita was convicted by a federal jury on August…