The HHS breach tool has been updated and I noticed that the SAIC/TRICARE breach entry has been added. I also noticed that although media reports had the breach as affecting 4.9 million, the actual number appears to be 5,117,799. A lawsuit has been filed against the Department of Defense after backup tapes were stolen from…
Category: Health Data
IL: 4,200 Medical Records Stored Inside Slowed Fire Cleanup
After 10 years or so of covering breaches and data loss, it takes a bit to shock me, but this news story by John H. Croessman had my eyebrows involuntarily elevating: When members of the Pinckneyville City Council hammered physician Tim Mathis on television interviews recently about why it has taken so long to clean…
2,500 Avia Dental Plan members notified of security breach
From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Avia Dental Plan was notified by the U.S. Secret Service that it was investigating the theft of password information that permitted access to Avia Dental Plan members’ personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information. In some cases, members’ dependents’ information…
2,500 Avia Dental Plan members notified of security breach
From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Avia Dental Plan was notified by the U.S. Secret Service that it was investigating the theft of password information that permitted access to Avia Dental Plan members’ personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information. In some cases, members’ dependents’…
NC: High Point hospital system uncovers insider breach involving patient information
The following is a substitute notice from High Point Regional Health System published in the News & Record: High Point Regional Health System officials said they uncovered a breach involving protected patient information. Hospital representatives became aware early last month of “the possibility of improper use” of confidential information by a former employee of Premier Imaging…
Lawsuit against Tufts Medical Center for privacy breach dropped
A lawsuit against Tufts University Medical Center and one of its doctors, mentioned previously on this blog, has been dropped. Chelsea Conaboy reports: A woman who sued Tufts Medical Center and a doctor at the hospital, alleging that they violated her privacy by faxing medical records to her workplace, has agreed to drop the case….