Julia Medew reports: A hospital is being investigated for breaching the privacy of dozens of patients after medical records revealing a “swollen penis” and mental illnesses among other things, were found in a Coburg street. The Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim is investigating how the records of 31 patients were removed from the John…
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Nursing home employee arrested after filming senior residents having sex, posted video online
SOTT reports: A nursing home employee in Florida is in police custody on Wednesday after detectives say she filmed two senior residents having sex without their knowledge or consent and shared the video with her followers on Snapchat in August. The victims, who haven’t been identified are an 81-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man. Authorities have identified…
Urology Austin notifies patients of ransomware attack
A ransomware attack was reported by Urology Austin as affecting 279,663 patients. From their notification letter: On January 22, 2017, Urology Austin was the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted the data stored on our servers. Within minutes, we were alerted to the attack, our computer network was shut down, and we began an investigation….
KY: Confidential info taken from 160,000 Med Center Health patients
Bowling Green Daily News staff report: Med Center Health announced Tuesday that certain patient billing information may have been compromised. The information included name, address, Social Security number, health insurance information, diagnosis and procedure codes, and charges for medical service. However, the information obtained did not include patient medical records. This incident only affected patients…
Texas Man Charged with Damaging Computers, Deleting Patient Records at Western PA Healthcare Facility
PITTSBURGH – A Texas resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer and Wire Fraud, United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. The two-count indictment, returned on Feb. 28, 2017, named Brandon A. Coughlin, 29, of Houston, Texas, as the sole defendant….
Thousands of Psychiatrist’s Patient Records Stored in Basement of House He Rented Out
Phil Rogers, Katy Smyser and Alexis Positano report that a tenant renting a house from a psychiatrist has repeatedly reported that there are now thousands of patients’ files being stored, inadequately secured, in the basement – but no one seems to be doing anything about it – including HHS. According to the reporters: Through his…