Los Angeles County coroner’s officials said Wednesday that they have discovered security breaches involving the investigation into Michael Jackson’s death, including hundreds of improper views of the pop star’s death certificate and the discovery of weaknesses in two other computer systems in which more sensitive records are stored. At least half a dozen staff members…
Category: Health Data
Stolen hospital laptop contained patient info
Another news story on a stolen laptop — this one from NorthShore University HealthSystem: The laptop was connected to equipment used by staff to treat patients. Just who took the laptop from the Evanston, IL-based facility—an employee, patient, or visitor—was not known. What was known was that 250 patients had personal information stored on the…
UK: Patients' records may have been accessed by hackers
Hackers managed to infiltrate phone systems at a Bodmin hospital and St Austell doctors’ surgery and could have accessed confidential medical information about patients. Phone systems at Bodmin NHS Treatment Centre and Polkyth Surgery in St Austell were both hacked into by people trying to use the systems to make their own calls. Bodmin Treatment…
Berkeley woman used ID theft to get breast enhancement, liposuction
A Berkeley woman was sentenced to state prison Tuesday for using identity theft to steal more than $24,000 in breast work and liposuction from a cosmetic surgeon in Greenbrae. Rosland Renee Edwards, 37, received a term of 32 months by Judge James Ritchie. Part of the sentence was for the Marin case, and part was…
Council warned after laptop thefts
Highland Council has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act after two laptop computers containing personal information – including the medical details of around 1400 people – were stolen from its Inverness headquarters. Both laptops were password protected and stored in a locked office, but they were not encrypted and no additional security…
2 nurses who complained about physician are indicted
From the this-sounds-so-very-very-wrong dept: Two nurses who lodged a complaint with the Texas Medical Board about a physician’s standard of practice at a West Texas hospital face up to 10 years in prison after being indicted on charges of misuse of official information. The charges have raised the ire of the medical community, which calls…