A non-encrypted laptop computer stolen from a Health Service Executive (HSE) office contains sensitive personal financial data on people who have approached community welfare officers seeking assistance. The laptop containing the data was one of 15 computers stolen from HSE offices in Roscommon town at the weekend. […] One of the two non-encrypted laptops contained…
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Ie: Computers with sensitive data stolen from medical centre
Gardaà and the HSE are investigating the theft of 15 laptops from a medical centre in Roscommon town during the weekend. The HSE says the computers were stolen during a break-in at the Roscommon Primary Care Centre. Thirteen of the laptops were encrypted to safeguard the information they contained, but the remaining two were not….
NZ: Breach confirms TestSafe privacy fears
Jodi Yeats of New Zealand Doctor Online reports: A data breach in Auckland’s controversial regional lab tests repository has confirmed health sector fears about regional databases. A phone call from a patient in late May alerted Auckland regional DHBs to privacy breaches in Auckland’s controversial regional community laboratory results repository, TestSafe, affecting 150 patients. The…
Stolen safe with Breakout Apparel customer checks recovered
I haven’t seen this in any media source, but the Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection updated its site to report an incident involving Breakout Apparel Co. According to the site, a burglary occurred at the business and a safe with checks from customers along with cash was stolen. A total of 222 customers who paid…
NZ: Breach confirms TestSafe privacy fears
Jodi Yeats reports: A data breach in Auckland’s controversial regional lab tests repository has confirmed health sector fears about regional databases. A phone call from a patient in late May alerted Auckland regional DHBs to privacy breaches in Auckland’s controversial regional community laboratory results repository, TestSafe, affecting 150 patients. The patient was attending an outpatient…
Cedars-Sinai worker gets prison for stealing patient records
This is a follow-up on a story covered previously. A former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center employee was sentenced to four years, eight months in prison after pleading guilty today to stealing patient information to defraud insurance companies of $354,000. The hospital had sent letters in December to more than 1,000 patients, warning them that their personal…