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MidMichigan notifies patients of potential breach

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Dissent

The Alpena News reports: MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena notified approximately 1,900 patients last week about a potential breach of personal data, according to a press release. The information may have included patient names, addresses, social-security numbers and clinical data. The incident that gave rise to the medical center’s investigation occurred during the late evening hours of…

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Attackers claim to have hacked MEDHOST (UPDATED)

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Dissent

Update of Dec. 23:  As of this evening, the hacker has not responded to a request from this site that they provide proof of access to PHI. And according to a MedHost spokesperson, they will not be reporting this incident to HHS because no PHI was accessed. Under the circumstances, unless more emerges, DataBreaches.net is…

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Chilton Medical Center hard drive containing protected health information was sold online

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Dissent

News12 NJ reports: Nearly 10 years of personal hospital records could be at risk after it was discovered that a former employee sold a hard drive containing the information online. The incident could affect patients at Chilton Medical Center in Pequannock who visited the hospital from May 1, 2008 through Oct. 15, 2017. The hard…

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NYU Langone Health Notifies Patients of Improperly Disposed Binder Containing Patient Information

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Dissent

NYU Langone Health notified patients this week that a binder containing a log with information related to presurgical insurance authorizations from NYU Langone Health Pediatric Surgery Associates was mistakenly recycled by NYU Langone’s cleaning company on October 17, 2017. Patient social security numbers were not included and therefore are not at risk, and there is…

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UK: Former nurse sentenced for cyber stalking campaign

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Dissent

A 27-year-old who carried out a campaign of harassment against a number of women has been sentenced to 22 months in prison, made the subject of a non-harassment order and placed on the sex offenders register. Adele Rennie, a former nurse, has admitted using a host of invented aliases to carry out a series of…

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LabMD Appeal Has Privacy World Waiting

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Dissent

Craig A. Newman writes: It is the case that could define the scope of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s authority in data security. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard argument six months ago in LabMD, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission. As readers of this blog know, the case turns on what…

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