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Joint Base Charleston notifies airmen of possible breach of personal information

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Dissent

Harve Jacobs reports: A mistake made at a medical clinic caused a potential breach of personal information of current and former airmen at Joint Base Charleston. The base says folders of paper records were improperly created at a base clinic. A former airman says he received a letter from the 628th medical group mentioning a “potential…

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NSW: ‘Disturbing’ privacy breach revealed: Over 1,000 NSW Health medical records abandoned in derelict building

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Dissent

Ange McCormack reports: More than 1,000 confidential medical records have been left on the floor at a derelict former aged care facility operated by the New South Wales Government. The privacy breach, uncovered in a triple j Hack and ABC News investigation, is believed to be one of the largest of its kind in Australian…

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Jury Convicts Anonymous Hacker Who DDoSed Children’s Hospital, Later Got Lost at Sea

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: A member of the Anonymous hacker collective was found guilty this week in a trial for a series of cyber-attacks the man had conducted in 2014, including some aimed at children’s hospitals. The hacker —Martin Gottesfeld, 32, of Sommerville, Massachusetts— was one of the main driving forces behind the #OpJustina Anonymous campaign….

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Department of Human Services Alerts HHS and Pennsylvanians of Compass System Error

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Dissent

If you are like me, you might not realize from their original headline, “Department of Human Services Alerts Pennsylvanians of Compass System Error” that they’re talking about a breach involving PHI.  I just figured North was pointing South for a while or something like that….  Anyway, here is the notice that explains their recent report…

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Former Sobeys pharmacy manager ‘snooped’ into drug records of 46 people

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Dissent

Jack Julian and Jean Larouche report: Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner is lambasting a Sobeys pharmacist for snooping through the private medical records of 46 people over a two-year period. The College of Pharmacists confirmed the woman at the centre of the investigation was Robyn Keddy, who managed the pharmacy in Greenwood, N.S., a rural community about…

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UnityPoint warns 1.4 million patients their information might have been breached by email hackers

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dissent

The DesMoines Register reports: One of Iowa’s main hospital and clinic systems has notified about 1.4 million patients that their personal information might have been breached. UnityPoint Health officials said hackers used “phishing” techniques to break into the company’s email system. The company, based in West Des Moines, said the hackers could have obtained medical…

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