Bryan Gentry reports: A laptop stolen in Alpharetta, Ga., in November held the names and billing information of nearly 14,000 Centra patients, the Lynchburg-based hospital system announced Monday. The computer files did not contain Social Security numbers or other information that could be used in identity theft, nor medical history information, Centra officials said. […]…
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Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Hospital reports 3,288 patients had data on laptop stolen in home invasion
Unencrypted protected health information was on a laptop stolen in a home invasion at a physician’s home. In addition to a short statement posted to the DeanCare web site, Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Hospital in Wisconsin also issued a press release, reproduced on NBC15’s web site: On November 8, 2010, we received a report…
Saint Louis University employees notified of computer breach
KSDK alerts us to a breach involving the Saint Louis University network. Although the university has not posted anything to its web site at the time of this posting, KSDK reports that faculty, students and staff have been notified about a computer breach. The station also provides a copy of the email sent to those…
HI: Gabbard wants a law addressing data leaks
Gene Park reports: Hawaii lawmakers are likely to take up proposed legislation that would punish state agencies responsible for data breaches that can result in identity theft. “Right now the problem is that victims are the ones who bear all the brunt in recovering from identity theft,” said state Sen. Mike Gabbard (D, Kalaeloa-Makakilo). “It’s…
Facebook "threat to patient relations"
Doctors could be threatening their confidential relationship with patients by using Facebook, experts have said. A survey of medics in France has revealed that most of the 73% with a profile on the social networking site displayed enough personal information to be identified. Information given out on the site included information on current job titles,…
UK: Hackers steal English Defence League membership list
Here’s another breach where there could be serious personal or safety consequences: A controversial anti-Islamist group has told its members to be “vigilant” after their details leaked online. Hundreds of names and addresses linked to the English Defence League have been circulated on the web after hackers broke in to one of the organisation’s websites….