Paul Bischoff writes: An online database of more than 5 million records apparently belonging to MedicareSupplement.com was left open and accessible to the public. On May 13, 2019, Comparitech worked alongside security researcher Bob Diachenko to uncover the publicly available MongoDB instance that appears to be part of the website’s marketing leads database. MedicareSupplement.com is…
Category: Health Data
AU: Queensland Health launches investigation after medical files found on busy Brisbane road
Josh Bavas reports: Queensland Health is investigating how a large parcel of patients’ medical documents, earmarked for destruction, were lost on a busy Brisbane road. A staff member came across the files last Thursday on Abbotsford Road in Bowen Hills, kilometres away from their home at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH). hey had…
Former employee of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Allegheny Health Network sentenced to 1 year in prison for disclosing patient files
There’s an update to a HIPAA breach case that this site has been following since 2018, when DOJ announced that Linda S. Kalina had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with six counts of wrongfully obtaining and disclosing the health information of another individual. In March of this year, she…
IN: Franciscan Health Provides Notice Of Privacy Breach
On May 24, 2019, Franciscan Health confirmed through an internal investigation that one employee in the quality research for Franciscan Health accessed protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,200 patients without a business reason. The conduct was identified as part of Franciscan Health’s privacy audit process. At this time, there is no evidence that the…
Leaked video exposes how patient data in Hong Kong public hospitals can be accessed by any user without needing a password
Sum Lok-kei and Elizabeth Cheung report: Patient data at Hong Kong’s public hospitals can be accessed by any user with no need for a password, a leaked video shown to the Post and verified by multiple hospital sources has revealed. Software developer Wong Ho-wa warned the program used in public accident and emergency (A&E) wards…
Legislation Seeks to Regulate Privacy and Security of Wearables and Genetic Testing Kits
Lindsey Tonsager, Anna D. Kraus and Jayne Ponder of Covington & Burling write: Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act (S. 1842), which would provide new privacy and security rules from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for technologies that collect personal health…