Brian Prince reports: Reports surfaced this week that the University of Virginia fell victim to a cyber-attack that stole nearly $1 million. Unfortunately for administrators at colleges and universities, their institutions are just as vulnerable to data breach woes as enterprises. According to reports, attackers used malware to steal online banking credentials for accounts belonging…
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Investigators Find Famous DJ’s Credit Card Details for Sale
Armin Van Buuren is one of the world’s most well-known trance music DJs. He also apparently has had his credit card details stolen. Jeremy Kirk of IDG News describes how researchers from Ultrascan discovered his card details up for sale on the Internet. Read more on PCWorld.
MA Court: State's interests don't trump psychotherapist-patient privilege
Dr. Ken Pope mentioned this case on his mail list today, and I thought it might also be of interested to blog readers as it addresses whether the state’s interesting in investigating a psychiatrist trumps psychotherapist-patient privilege. Here’s the summary of this case from Massachusetts, Board of Registration in Medicine vs. John Doe, as included…
Malay court tells doctors to get female patients' consent before taking pictures of private parts
The Malaysian High Court has told surgeons in the country to obtain their female patients’ consent before taking pictures of their intimate parts. Judicial Commissioner Chew Soo Ho, in allowing the claim by former reporter Lee Ewe Poh, 51, against general and colorectal surgeon Dr Lim Teik Mau and Loh Guan Lye and Sons Sdn…
URMC notifies patients of possible privacy breach
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has sent letters to patients seen by one of its surgeons over the last three years, alerting them to the possibility that their personal health information may be at risk. Earlier this week, URMC notified 837 current and former surgery patients that one of the doctors who cared…
Medical data breaches most often caused by theft
Pamela Lewis Dolan reports: The best defense physician practices can take against data breaches might be to keep a more watchful eye for thieves. The Health Information Trust Alliance in August published an analysis of the 108 breaches that were reported to the Dept. of Health and Human Services from Sept. 23, 2009, to mid-July….