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Still time to cast your vote for worst health data breaches of 2017

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Dissent

So I asked you to let me know what you thought the worst health data breaches of 2017 were. I’ve gotten only a few responses, but they all agree with each other. But let’s hear what you think. You can email me your picks or thoughts at admin[at]databreaches[dot]net or tweet them to me at @PogoWasRight…

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Health open data bungle meant Aussies could be identified

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Dissent

Note: this report out of the University of Melbourne is a follow-up study related to a breach disclosed in 2016. Allie Coyne reports: Researchers from the University of Melbourne have been able to easily re-identify patients from confidential data released by the federal Health department, without using decryption methods. Dr Chris Culnane, Dr Benjamin Rubinstein…

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MLB to investigate Shohei Ohtani medical record leak

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Dissent

Ryan Falla reports: Just days after LA Angels signed Shohei Ohtani we began to see news regarding a surprise revelation; Shohei Ohtani is dealing with a minor UCL sprain. […] Reports that the MLB is investigating this matter began with Buster Olney breaking the news on Twitter the morning of December 14th. There’s no reason…

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500 Stanislaus County computers from mental health department quarantined after ransomware detected on network

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Dissent

Ken Carlson reports on Modesto Bee: Stanislaus County’s mental health department was the target of a ransomware attack that disabled its computers this week. About 500 computers in county Behavioral Health and Recovery Services were compromised by the cyberattack Tuesday, according to a press release issued Friday. It appears that the county will not be paying…

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Austin Manual Therapy notifies 1,750 patients of data breach

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Dissent

Austin Manual Therapy Association recently notified HHS of a hacking incident that reportedly affected 1,750 of their patients. That incident was first reported on DataBreaches.net on October 18, after TheDarkOverlord (TDO) had publicly claimed in tweets to have hacked them.  TDO’s tweets had also suggested that they had made an extortion demand on the therapy…

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21st Century Oncology settlement with HHS over 2015 data breach came with a $2.3 million price tag

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Dissent

There’s an update or follow-up to a breach involving 21st Century Oncology that was first reported on this site in March 2016. The breach, which they first learned of in November 2015 when federal agents contacted them, was the second breach in as many years that the entity had neither prevented nor discovered under its…

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