I love it when states publicly post the data breach notifications they receive, but California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris just raised the bar for other states by actually analyzing and reporting on the breaches involving California residents. From California’s Attorney her press release: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the first report detailing the…
Month: July 2013
MA: Medical records discovered in dumpster
Laura Hutchinson reports that a passerby discovered medical files left in a dumpster. The files were from Behavioral Health Network in Springfield. A spokesperson for BHN was reportedly surprised by the discovery: Darcy says this shouldn’t happened because they pay to get records shredded. “They come in and shred documents right on the premises before they take it…
Clients discover security breach on insurance carrier’s patient portal
Jenny Anchondo reports from Indianapolis: A security breach with a local health insurance company has been exposing members’ home addresses, cell phone numbers, prescriptions and extensive medical information in an online portal. The company had no clue about the issue, until Fox 59 notified them. So how many people might have been impacted? Fox 59…
Recent HHS updates
HHS has updated its breach tool again. Here are the new additions, starting with the ones we already knew about: Fayetteville VAMC UMASS Amherst Various Health Plans, AL, SynerMed / Inland Valleys IPA (note: 3,164 were affected) Lincoln County Health and Human Services/Lincoln Community Health Center (note: 959 were affected) Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Palm…
Indiana FSSA notifying 187,533 clients of potential information breach
From their press release today: The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is in the process of notifying some FSSA clients that some of their personal information may have been accidently disclosed to other clients. The accidental disclosures may have occurred when RCR Technology Corporation (RCR), a contractor for FSSA, made a computer programming…