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Commentary: What Constitutes Negligence in Company Data Breaches?

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Dissent

Amy L. Hanna Keeney of Adams and Reese writes about an opinion in a court case that stemmed from one of TheDarkOverlord’s hacks: their attack on Athens Orthopedic Clinic (AOC). I had covered that breach extensively, including commenting on the fact that AOC did not offer any free services to patients whose data had not…

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PA: Independence Blue Cross and subsidiaries notifying members whose PHI was mistakenly exposed on public web site

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Dissent

John George reports: Independence Blue Cross and its subsidiaries AmeriHealth HMO and AmeriHealth Insurance Co. of New Jersey have alerted certain members of a recent incident involving a potential privacy issue related to protected health information. […] “We quickly launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this incident, working with a leading…

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Russians tried to hack Swiss lab testing samples from Skripal attack

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher reports: Last Friday, Dutch officials revealed that they had arrested and expelled two alleged Russian intelligence agents who were caught attempting to hack into the Spiez Laboratory, a Swiss national laboratory that is home to the Swiss Federal Institute for NBC (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical) Protection. The Spiez lab was testing two sets…

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FDA aims to strengthen cybersecurity of medical devices

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Dissent

Danielle Brown reports: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to strengthen the cybersecurity of medical devices in the wake of computer-hacking threats, according to a report by the Star Tribune. According to the report, FDA staff members are examining companies’ “preparations for potential computer-hacking threats to devices that millions of Americans depend on.”…

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Brooklyn emergency room worker allegedly stole, then sold patients’ private information

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Dissent

Rich Shapiro and John Annese report: An emergency room worker at Kings County Hospital stole the private information of nearly 100 patients and sold it through an encrypted app on his cell phone, the Daily News has learned. Orlando Jemmott, 52, who worked at the city-run Brooklyn hospital for more than a decade, also fed…

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Data of almost 3,000 patients experiencing emergency symptoms exposed online by MedCall Advisors

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Dissent

Have you ever wished you could just pick up a phone and get an emergency room physician on the phone to advise you in an emergency? Well,  it seems that you can. According to their website, North Carolina-based Medcall Advisors is a “Workers Compensation and Healthcare Solutions” provider offering a comprehensive tele-emergent care medical service…

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