Tammi Vigil reports on a breach in Aurora, Colorado: A viewer sent FOX31 a tip about medical records tossed in the trash at Southlands in Aurora. In a place where people shop, some of the most priceless items lie unprotected in this dumpster. “They should throw all this stuff inside a shredder you know,” says…
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Judge denies Kaiser access to couple's PCs in patient-files case
File this under the I-didn’t-see-this-one-coming dept.: Chad Terhune of the L. A. Times reports: In an ongoing legal battle over confidential patient data, a state judge refused to grant Kaiser Permanente access to the personal computers and email account of a couple the healthcare giant hired to store nearly 300,000 hospital files. […] In October,…
Are Cloud Service Providers Business Associates under HIPAA and the HITECH Act?
Joseph Lazzarotti writes: As more companies move to the cloud, regulatory compliance remains a critical issue. For cloud service providers to the healthcare industry, it looks like the requirement to comply with the HIPAA privacy and security rules as business associates will be confirmed when long-awaited final regulations are issued, based on a report by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee with Healthcare Information…
Global Payments revises total breach cost estimates upwards, but wait until you see what *didn’t* cost them
In September, I posted Global Payments’ statement from their quarterly filing that dealt with the costs of a breach disclosed in March 2012. BankInfoSecurity.com has just reported on their most recent filing. Whereas last year, Global Payments estimated the cost of the breach at about $84 million, their current 10-Q filing puts the cost of the…
GA: Personal Info Left on City Computer Hard Drives Sold to Computer Repair Shop
Andrew Reeser reports: A computer repair shop in Macon that bought used computers from a government auction site says the ones they were sold had personal information of city employees still in the hard drives. A police report says BC Computer Repair in Macon bought the computers on govdeals.com in 2011. Then, on January 5th…
Cops Suspect Up to 300 Counts of Fraud In KTSU DJ Case
William Michael Smith and Steve Jansen report: A TSU DJ has been arrested in an alleged pledge-drive scam, a local TV watchdog reporter said late Wednesday. According to a tweet from Fox 26 reporter Isiah Carey late this afternoon, KTSU radio volunteer Michael Whitfield was arrested earlier in the day and could face up to 300…