A Sept. 9 press release/substitute notice from Bonney Lake Medical Center in Washington: Bonney Lake Medical Center was burglarized on August 12, 2011. The thieves broke into the office and stole password-protected computers including a computer server containing patient information. The personal information may have included name, address, Social Security number, insurance information, and medical record….
Category: Health Data
WA: Bonney Lake Doctor Office Burglarized
A Sept. 9 press release/substitute notice from Bonney Lake Medical Center in Washington: Bonney Lake Medical Center was burglarized on August 12, 2011. The thieves broke into the office and stole password-protected computers including a computer server containing patient information. The personal information may have included name, address, Social Security number, insurance information, and medical record….
Can entities name rogue employees in disclosing a breach? Maybe.
I’ve often commented how entities shield the names of rogue employees or contractors. Here’s a letter to an editor from Ann Cavoukian, Information Privacy Commissioner for Ontario, about the paper’s coverage of an insider privacy breach: Your article suggests the North Bay and District Hospital was unable to reveal to patients the name of the…
Florida sees explosion of tax fraud with data breaches fueling the crime
Elaine Silvestrini reports: Thousands of local homeowners who relied on a national alarm business to protect their homes from intruders became victims of identity theft perpetrated by at least one employee of another company that sold them the security system, police say. “I went to them for security and I felt violated,” said Marilyn Varriale,…
TX: Methodist Hospital employee stole cancer patients’ information for payday loan fraud
Brian Rogers reports: An employee for Methodist Hospital in Houston is accused of stealing personal information from cancer and transplant patients for an identity theft scheme that paid for luxury cars and designer clothes. Shantel Moore, 29, is charged with organized criminal activity, a first-degree felony, for participating in a scam with her fiance, Antoine…
Indiana University School of Medicine notifies patients of stolen laptop containing personal and medical information
WISH reports: The Indiana University School of Medicine is warning thousands of people that their medical records could have been breeched after someone stole a laptop back in August. The medical school reports the laptop, stolen Aug. 16, contained records of 3,192 individuals that included name, age, sex, diagnosis, medical record number and in 178…