Arthur White-Crummey reports: The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has fired an employee for allegedly “snooping” into the medical records of her own family members. According to a report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, the employee improperly accessed the patient information of 14 people, including several family members. The health region detected the breach…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado notifies 3,400 families after employee’s email account was improperly accessed
From Children’s Hospital Colorado: At Children’s Colorado, protecting the security and confidentiality of patient personal and medical information is of the utmost importance. Regrettably, this notice concerns an unintentional exposure of protected health information that may affect nearly 3,400 patient families. On July 11, 2017, Children’s Colorado learned that a team member’s email account may…
Security breach feared after private patient records found outside old Royal Adelaide Hospital
Katrina Stokes reports: Private patient documents were accidentally left outside the old Royal Adelaide Hospital overnight in a potential security breach that has been labelled ”a serious matter” by doctors. […] A statement provided to The Advertiser from the Central Adelaide Local Health Network admitted the Health Department was “aware of an isolated issue regarding the…
Another victim of TheDarkOverlord comes forward
On September 1, I reported that a breach disclosure by Hand Rehabilitation Specialists to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office was actually an incident that had involved TheDarkOverlord, a hacker or hacking collective who have been targeting the healthcare sector since last March or April. That notification did not name TheDarkOverlord as attackers. Nor did it…
UK: Trust employee prosecuted for snooping on colleagues’ records
A former data co-ordinator employed by The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has been prosecuted at North Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court. Linda Reeves accessed the sensitive medical records of colleagues as well as people she know that lived in her locality, without the consent of the data controller. Ms Reeves pleaded guilty to the…
Community Memorial Health System in Ventura suffers data security breach
Robert Shutt reports: The Community Memorial Health System in Ventura has sent out a notice regarding a data security breach involving patient information. A CMHS employee’s email account was compromised by a phishing email and on June 23 the employee saw irregularities in their account and notified the CMHA administration. Read more on Pacific Coast Business…