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UK: Former NHS manager fined for sending personal data to her email account

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Dissent

A former GP practice manager has been fined for sending personal data to her own email account without authorisation, following an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Shamim Sadiq worked at Hollybrook Medical Centre in Littleover, Derby, but was suspended on 3 November 2017 for unrelated matters and dismissed later that month. Derby Magistrates’…

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OH: University Hospitals’ employee accidentally shared health information for hundreds of patients

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Dissent

Ginger Christ reports: An employee at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital accidentally disclosed private health information for about 840 patients in late February, according to a news release today from the health system. UH said the employee, who has not been publicly identified, sent an email to a “select group of patients or…

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Texas Medical Network Attracts Most Healthcare Data Hacks But It Is Fighting Back

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Dissent

Paul Flahive reports: Cyber criminals stole the health records of more than 9 million Americans last year, according to data from U.S. Health and Human Services. The data collected includes breaches from hospitals, health insurers and other health organizations covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which makes breaches public when they affect…

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Health data breaches due to external actors continue to predominate recently.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Dissent

Because I’m at a conference, it’s been hard to update a lot, but here are a few of the health data breaches I’ve spotted this week: Main Line Endoscopy Centers in Pennsylvania announced that it recently mailed notifications to patients whose personal information was in an employee’s email account a t the time that the…

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“Team_Orangeworm” issues new threats to CarePartners

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Dissent

Hackers who claimed to have stolen all of a Canadian home healthcare agency’s patient and employee data have issued a deadline and new threat to their victim:  either pay us or we will start  contacting your patients and giving data to the Ontario privacy commissioner’s office. And to prove their claim that they have sensitive…

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Possible data breach being investigated at Galway hospital after patients receive scam letter

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Dissent

Marita Moloney reports: Healthcare group Saolta is investigating a possible data breach at University Hospital Galway. A number of patients had raised concerns after receiving a letter in the post from an organisation calling itself The Anglo American Lottery. The scam letter, which was posted to people’s home address, informs recipients that they have won…

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