Molly Smith reports: Patients at the Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation learned some of their personal information was stolen, and tell WREG one year of identity protection doesn’t seem like enough. […] Patients got a letter in the mail, saying a robber broke into a clinic employee’s home back in December and stole a hard drive with patient…
Category: Health Data
Fire at a Brooklyn Warehouse Puts Private Lives on Display
Vivian Yee reports: No lives were lost in the huge fire that gutted a storage building on the Williamsburg waterfront over the weekend. But the flames put plenty of lives on display as the crumpling warehouse belched up its contents: decades’ worth of charred medical records, court transcripts, lawyers’ letters, sonograms, bank checks and more….
Quest Diagnostics notifies employees of breach after email attachment error (UPDATE)
Quest Diagnostics is notifying some employees that some of their personal information was inadvertently attached to an email sent outside the company. The email gaffe occurred on November 17, when a report containing employee information was attached to an email sent to two individuals with whom the firm has a business relationship. The error was reported…
Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach
Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…
VA provides snapshot into their infosecurity defense
The Veterans Administration has introduced a new snapshot element to their monthly reports to Congress, and it’s informative. For the month of October, they report: Intrusion Attempts (Blocked): 12,148,205 Malware (Blocked/Contained): 206,564,180 Suspicious/Malicious Emails (Blocked): 71,598,834 Infected Medical Devices (Contained)** 27 Outgoing Unencrypted Emails (Blocked) 96 ** Running total of medical device infections for which remediation efforts are underway In…
In Illinois– Identity Thieves Have an Ally
Like too many consumers, reporter Evelyn Wilkerson seems to have been living under a rock: Sometimes in journalism, a story appears right in front of you. That’s what happened with Eyewitness news Morning Anchor, Evelyn Wilkerson — when a family friend became a victim of identity theft after having a stroke. So, she dug into…