Amanda Baumfeld of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports: When stories about hospital privacy breaches turn into lawsuits, there’s usually a celebrity name attached. Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and Nadya Suleman have all claimed medical staffs snooped through their confidential records. But celebrities aren’t the only ones alleging violation of their privacy. A second- grade…
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Computer hackers victimize Portsmouth coffee shop customers
Gina Morris of Providence Journal reports: One day last August, the Secret Service paid a visit to the new owners of Custom House Coffee off West Main Road. The news they brought was bad: Computer hackers, whereabouts unknown, had used sophisticated spy software to break into the store’s wireless network and steal the credit and…
UK: DoH blocks data breach database
Meanwhile, over in the UK: The government has blocked proposals for it to collect and publish data on all NHS security breaches, GP can reveal. In a letter to ministers, written last year and released under the Freedom of Information Act, DoH director of IT implementation Richard Jeavons argued that disciplining offences was the ‘responsibility…
Medical Problems Could Include Identity Theft
Walecia Konrad of the New York Times reports: Brandon Sharp, a 37-year-old manager at an oil and gas company in Houston, has never had any real health problems and, luckily, he has never stepped foot in an emergency room. So imagine his surprise a few years ago when he learned he owed thousands of dollars…
UK:Patient records stolen – but patients not told
Nick Spoors of Northampton Chronicle reports: The personal information of up to 100 Northampton NHS patients was lost after a community nurse’s motorbike was stolen – but the patients were never told, it has been revealed. According to NHS Northamptonshire board papers released this week, the GP surgery-based nurse was visiting a home in Park…
AL: Major Credit Card Security Breach, Thousands Affected
A major credit card security breach is affecting thousands of people tonight. We have confirmed several credit card companies are canceling accounts and issuing new credit and check cards. […] NBC 15 News contacted Visa to try to find out where the security breach happened.. A Visa representative told us: For security, the bank does…