HIPAA Journal reports: Lebanon VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania has discovered the protected health information of hundreds of elderly patients has been impermissibly disclosed to a family member of a veteran. In November 2018, a member of staff at Lebanon VA Medical Center emailed a document to a family member of a veteran who was…
Month: January 2019
All-Star Orthopaedics Provides Notice of Patient-Data Breach
Dallas, TX, January 18, 2019 –(PR.com)– All-Star Orthopaedics is notifying individuals that a hard drive with patient data was stolen on November 20, 2018. At this time, All-Star Orthopaedics has no indication that the private information has been accessed or misused. On November 20, 2019 (sic), All-Star Orthopaedics discovered a hard drive containing x-rays and…
Virus affecting IT system at Health Sciences North impacting health care across the region
Update: The hospital later issued a statement indicating that some elective surgeries and appointments were being rescheduled. As reported on Sudbury.com: Certain elective procedures and surgeries in the next 24-48 hours may be rescheduled. Patients are in the process of being rescheduled for treatement later this week and into the weekend. Those patients impacted will be…
Ca: Woman says childhood sexual trauma details leaked in privacy breach
Jack Julian reports on a truly horrific leak: A Dartmouth, N.S., woman whose personal information was exposed in the province’s worst-ever privacy breach says the experience has left her angry and hurt. “I felt violated,” the woman said. CBC News is shielding the woman’s identity because the files leaked by the province’s online freedom of information portal…
Portuguese computer hacker named as Football Leaks cyber criminal who revealed Ronaldo rape claim, Beckham’s angry e-mails and Manchester City’s money secrets is arrested in Hungary
Gerard Couzens reports: A Portuguese hacker named as the cyber criminal behind Football Leaks has been arrested in Hungary. The 30-year-old, who media in Lisbon are claiming is a university dropout called Rui Pinto, was held following a lengthy investigation by Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria. Pinto has been forced to deny he is the mystery individual…
Monster 773 million-record breach list contains plaintext passwords
Dan Goodin reports: Have I Been Pwned, the breach notification service that serves as a bellwether for the security of login credentials, has just gotten its hands on its biggest data haul ever—a list that includes almost 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords that were used to log in to third-party…