Colin Butler reports: The London Police Service used a provincial database containing the personal health records of people who tested positive for COVID-19 at one of the highest rates in Ontario, snooping on private medical information 10,475 times between April and July. Law enforcement gained the unprecedented power to access people’s personal medical information when the database…
Category: Health Data
UK: Man finds sensitive patient data outside Caithness General
The Northern Times reports: A man who was passing by Caithness General Hospital in Wick claims to have found a document containing “highly sensitive medical information” about patients. The member of the public, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he found the folded A4-size piece of paper lying on the road near the gate lodge…
UK: Hairmyres Hospital creep avoids jail over repeated data breach
A Hairmyres Hospital worker who chatted up patients after getting contact details from their medical records has avoided prison. Andrew Stewart often used a false name and would tell unsuspecting women that their number had somehow turned up in his phone. Read more on Daily Record.
Medical Data of Auto Accident Victims Exposed Online
Jeremiah Fowler reports: On July, 7th I discovered 2.5 million records that appeared to contain sensitive medical data and PII (Personally Identifiable Information). The records included names, insurance records, medical diagnosis notes, and much more. Upon further research, there were multiple references to an artificial intelligence company called Cense. The records were labeled as staging…
Woman’s shock after getting two medical files with other people’s STD results and mental health diagnosis
Ciara Phelan reports: A woman told of her shock after receiving two different medical files containing separate patients’ STI results and a mental health diagnosis. Rachel Healy, 38, from Co Cork, said she received a medical file via email on August 5 from Union Quay Medical Centre in Co Cork which was not hers. The file contained the…
Please stop hard-wiring AWS credentials in your code. Looking at you, uni COVID-19 track-and-test app makers
Thomas Claburn reports: Albion College has a plan for students to return safely to campus this fall amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. It involves being tracked by an app that, at least until a few days ago, appears to have been insecure. The Michigan institution announced its plan on July 28, which calls for testing coordinated by…