DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Lapses in security put personal health records at risk

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Dissent

Amy Jeter followed up on the Sentaro/Omnicell breach, and includes some interesting statistics in her reporting:

Last year, less than 1 percent of 370,000 complaints of identity theft reported that the information was misused for medical purposes, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In Virginia, 57 out of 6,616 complaints reported such activity, with nine coming from the Hampton Roads area, according to data The Pilot acquired through a Freedom of Information Act request.

In one report, more than a third of medical identity-theft victims surveyed blamed a family member for taking their credentials without their knowledge – but nearly as many said they had shared the credential at some point so that their relative could obtain medical services. Just 6 percent said their information was stolen in a data breach; 7 percent said an employee of a health provider stole it.

Intriguingly, Jeter also reports:

An Omnicell spokesman was asked last month whether the device had been recovered and if anyone had attempted to misuse the compromised health information.

He declined to answer.

Read more on The Virginian-Pilot.

Related posts:

  • Stolen health information affects 4,000 University of Michigan Health System patients (updated)
  • Lawsuit against Omnicell dismissed
  • Medical ID theft rates, costs continue to climb as consumers fail to protect their info or to report crime – Report
  • 82% of Health IT Executives Report Their Organizations Are Not Prepared for the Unexpected
Category: Health Data

Post navigation

← WWASP Staff members details released for #OpLiberation
NZ: Yet another privacy breach at Govt department →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud
  • Swiss Health Foundation Radix Hit by Cyberattack Affecting Federal Data
  • Russian hackers get 7 and 5 years in prison for large-scale cyber attacks with ransomware, over 60 million euros in bitcoins seized
  • Bolton Walk-In Clinic patient data leak locked down (finally!)
  • 50 Customers of French Bank Hit by Insider SIM Swap Scam
  • Ontario health agency atHome ordered to inform 200,000 patients of March data breach
  • Fact-Checking Claims By Cybernews: The 16 Billion Record Data Breach That Wasn’t
  • Horizon Healthcare RCM discloses ransomware attack in December
  • Disgruntled IT Worker Jailed for Cyber Attack, Huddersfield
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
  • Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
  • New Jersey Issues Draft Privacy Regulations: The New
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.