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Malware snags Pentagon Federal CU member’s SSN and data

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

Through its lawyers, Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed)  has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office  of a security breach. According to a letter sent to the state on December 30, on December 12, PenFed discovered that a laptop had been infected with malware.  The compromise allowed access to a database containing names, addresses, Social…

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(update) Riverside Mercy Hospital breach reported to HHS

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

An incident previously reported on this blog involving paper records left behind and exposed at the now-closed Riverside Mercy Hospital has been reported to HHS. As an example of how confusing HHS’s breach log tool can be without additional details, here is the log entry: Riverside Mercy Hospital and Ohio/Mercy Diagnostics,OH,,1000,11/15/2010,Improper Disposal,Paper Records,1/4/2011 Based on…

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Periodontist’s server hacked, patients notified

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

A periodontist from Germantown, Maryland has notified HHS of a security breach that affected 1,000 patients. A web site about the breach, created by ID Experts, describes the incident: On October 14, 2010, when the computer system of the dental Practice of Gary C. Spinks, DMD, PC, shut down, the Practice learned that a hacker had…

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PinnacleHealth notifies patients that a medical transcription service breach exposing patient records went undetected for two years

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

Another breach involving a transcription service. This time, it’s PinnacleHealth System in Pennsylvania, who recently reported an incident to HHS involving Gair Medical Transcription Services. On December 17, PinnacleHealth issued a press release that indicates that the breach may have occurred back in 2008, but was only detected when someone searching for something online stumbled across…

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OhioHealth patient data exposed

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

Suzanne Hoholik reports: OhioHealth officials announced yesterday that they will provide one year of credit protection to anyone who was a patient at Grant Medical Center from Jan. 1, 2008, through Nov. 5, 2010. Mark Hopkins, a spokesman for OhioHealth, which owns Grant, said an employee stole computers from an inventory storage facility that contained…

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CVS Caremark Abuses Medical Info To Compete Unfairly, Class Claims

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

Bridget Freeland reports that a complaint mentioned on this blog previously has now become a class action lawsuit in North Carolina: CVS Caremark, the nation’s dominant pharmacy chain, uses and abuses the patient information it gets from handling prescriptions from competing pharmacies, by selling the information to drug companies and using it to solicit rivals’…

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