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Author: Dissent

Mass. General to pay $1M to settle privacy claims

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Massachusetts General Hospital and its physicians organization have agreed to pay the federal government $1,000,000 to settle claims related to a worker leaving personal health documents on the subway. The hospital also agreed to develop a comprehensive new privacy policy to prevent patient information from being compromised in the future, and to provide training to…

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Doctor faces discipline for shielding patient records in 10-year case

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

I can’t believe this case is still going on. Alicia Gallegos reports: A physician who refused to release records without patient consent during a medical board investigation finally might receive his formal punishment from the board — 10 years after it was proposed. In a 4-3 vote, the Court of Appeals of Maryland reversed a…

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SpamIt, Glavmed Pharmacy Networks Exposed

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Brian Krebs writes: An organized crime group thought to include individuals responsible for the notorious Storm and Waledac worms generated more than $150 million promoting rogue online pharmacies via spam and hacking, according to data obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com. In June 2010, an anonymous source using the assumed name “Despduck” began an e-mail correspondence with a key anti-spam…

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Cambridge Who’s Who attempt to block former employee from discussing alleged data loss fails in court

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Occasionally, we find out about a data breach via court filings instead of notifications or media coverage. This is one of those times, it seems.  As far as I can determine, the incident discussed in the court case was not reported to the NYS Consumer Protection Board by either Cambridge Who’s Who or Proactive Technology…

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Inappropriate access to patient records in the VA system: 2010 statistics

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Earlier this month, I covered a VA privacy breach incident that had been reported in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.  At the time, I noted that it was not clear to me whether the incident had been included in the VA’s monthly report to Congress as I hadn’t seen anything like that case mentioned. I wrote to…

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Swiss Prosecutor Releases Person In Credit Suisse Data Theft Case

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Switzerland’s prosecutor said Thursday an undisclosed person arrested last month as part of an investigation into data allegedly stolen from Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group (CS) was released from custody. “Our investigation has advanced so well that we released the accused person from custody last Friday,” spokesman Jeannette Balmer said in an emailed statement. She…

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