The Rockledge Police Department confiscated medical records from a trash bin behind the Rockledge Urgent Care Center Inc. Full story – Local 6
Category: Health Data
Fired Houston organ bank worker accused of hacking into system
Cindy George of the Houston Chronicle reports on a hacking case that thankfully did not result in an interruption of patient care: The fired technology director of a Houston organ donation company has been accused of hacking into its computer system and deleting records. A federal indictment alleges that over two days in November 2005,…
Stolen records, ID lead to TV shopping spree
Gary V. Murry of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette staff reports: A Sutton woman will undergo a psychological evaluation after admitting in court yesterday that she used personal information from a cancer patient’s stolen medical records to buy about $2,500 worth of collectible coins from a home shopping network. Charlotte A. Boehm, 55, formerly of…
University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics still looking for stolen data
There’s still no trace of purloined tapes containing backup copies of billing records from University Hospital that stretch back 16 years, but individual patients are beginning to receive letters telling them of the theft and what they can do. The U. has winnowed the list — once believed to contain 2.2 million people — down…
Schumer: Medicare Cards Risk Identity Theft
WNBC reports: Sen. Charles Schumer said the government is risking seniors’ financial information by putting their full Social Security numbers on their Medicare cards. He said Medicare is facilitating identity theft and he’s pushing a bill that would spend $500 million to issue new cards without the numbers. Is the problem that the numbers are…
Illinois Dept. of Human Services breach
On February 29, 2008, the Rockford Family Community Resource Center of the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Human Capital Development (HCD) was notified by the police that in the course of an investigation, they had discovered 12 boxes of files with client records. One of the residents of the home being investigated…