Remember the 2010 case where four Massachusetts pathology groups’ records were found dumped improperly by their business associate, Goldthwait Associates? There’s been a settlement in the case: BOSTON – Former owners of a Marblehead-based medical billing practice and four pathology groups have agreed to collectively pay $140,000, settling allegations that sensitive medical records and confidential…
Month: January 2013
Panasonic Czech Republic and Slovakia Hacked, Defaced & Data Leaked
Turkish Ajan Hacker group member @Maxn3y has contacted us with the first large breach of the year by them. The breach is on another electronic giant this time Panasonic Czech Republic and Slovakia sites have become targets in @Maxn3ys on going spree of hacks which started mid 2011. The attack has left Panasonic websites for both country’s defaced but more for Czech republic with…
Man admits to paying hospital employees to steal patient data
An update to the Florida Hospital breach where an employee, Dale Munroe II, and his wife were selling patient information. Munroe pleaded guilty in October, and now Sergei Kusyakov has, too. Amy Pavuk reports: Federal authorities say Sergei Kusyakov, who was involved with Metro Chiropractic and Wellness Center and City Lights Medical Center, illegally obtained private information about…
Saint Raphael Healthcare System sued because employee took – and circulated – pictures of young gunshot victim's corpse
Sometimes it’s hard to wrap my head around the fact the hospital employees engage in egregious privacy and confidentiality violations. Christine Stuart of Courthouse News reports on a lawsuit against Saint Raphael Healthcare System . The lawsuit alleges that in June, 2011, a Hospital of St. Raphael employee used his cellphone to take a picture…
University of North Carolina servers hacked; 3,500 employees’ data accessed
It seems that the University of North Carolina has had yet another data breach. And although the breach was discovered in May, it took about 7 months for those affected to be notified. Jane Stancill reports: Some 3,500 people had their personal information exposed when hackers hit two servers of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer…
It's 10 pm. Do you know where your patients' data are?
Financial disputes may underlie some vendors retaining patient or client data – as in the Kaiser Permanente/Surefile Filing Systems case I’ve blogged about on this site or the Irvine Scientific breach I described on DataBreaches.net. But there are other possible motivations for not relinquishing or taking data as well. Maura Lerner of the Star Tribune…