Seen at thisisGloucestershire.co.uk: Hospital chiefs have written to more than 2,000 patients after their confidential records were stolen. Stroud General Hospital patients’ details were on a computer that was taken in a raid on the Field Road hospital at the end of March. NHS Gloucestershire Care Services has sent letters to 2,470 patients, as although…
Category: Health Data
UK: Baby records theft sparks inquiry
From the BBC: An inquiry is under way after the records of babies born in Aberdeen Maternity Hospital were handed in after apparently being stolen. Letters of apology have been sent to 175 parents after the records of their babies born between 2001 and 2008 were given to NHS Grampian. The documents appeared to have…
Private? Are you sure? (Opinion)
That hacker who claims to have stolen millions Virginians’ prescription drug records won’t find a taker with his ransom note to the state. “Not a chance,” said Gov. Tim Kaine. But that doesn’t mean the he couldn’t find a buyer somewhere else, as he threatens to do if Virginia doesn’t pay him $10 million. And…
'It was a bill saying I owed $44,000, and the nightmare began'
Dan Tilkin, KATU News reports: …. Pilot Joe Ryan is still trying to get well – fiscally. About a year ago, he received a collection notice in the mail. He thought it was a practical joke. “It was a bill saying I owed $44,000,†Ryan recalls, “and the nightmare began.†Medical ID theft can not…
Employee who sold celebrity medical records dies
Solvej Schou of the Associated Press reports that prosecutors are moving to dismiss charges against Lawanda Jackson, the UCLA Medical Center employee who had pleaded guilty to selling celebrities’ medical records. Jackson reportedly died in March.
UK: Sensitive data on eBay computers, Part 2
Yesterday, I posted a story from BBC about how patient data from two hospitals was found on hard drives being sold to the public. That same study by BT and University of Glamorgan also found corporate data. Channel4 News in the UK summarizes some of what was found. To excerpt from their summary as it…