Here we go again, it seems. No matter how irate you may be a patient’s bad review and no matter how unfair you think it may be, no, you cannot just reveal their protected health information without their consent – even if they revealed some of it themselves. Patrick Danner reports: A San Antonio doctor…
Category: Breach Incidents
15 computers with ‘sensitive information’ stolen from Chief Justice Mogoeng’s office
Nic Andersen reports: In our country at the moment, you blink once and there is another crisis. This evening, shocking details have emerged of a very suspicious break-in at the offices of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. In the early hours of Saturday morning 15 computers were stolen, in South Africa that may sound normal to you, wait…
Oh those inadequately secured backup devices…
While I’ve been busy tracking W-2 phishing scams, let’s not lose sight of the fact that there are other ways for criminals to obtain W-2 or tax information, and that human error continues to turn assets into low-hanging fruit. Interpreters Unlimited recently notified the Vermont Attorney General’s Office that the contents of an employee’s backup device were…
Affiliated Santé Group learned that patient info was exposed on GitHub for years
So there was another breach disclosed in January that I didn’t find out about until today. It’s an insider-error situation involving a software developer contractor who unintentionally exposed protected health information (PHI) of 550 patients on GitHub – for more than five years. Here is Affiliated Santé Group’s notification: January 30, 2017 RE: Notice of…
Stolen backup drive contained personal and health info of Local 693 members
Local 693 Plumbers, Pipefitters & HVACR Technicians has disclosed a breach to those enrolled in its benefit fund. The incident has also been reported to HHS. From its notification to members: We are writing to notify you that a device containing information regarding participants and beneficiaries of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 693 Benefit Funds (“Funds”),…
UK: Man prosecuted for taking files with job candidates’ personal info with him when he resigned to start rival company
Gregory Orum has been prosecuted at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court for an offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data. The defendant, who at the time worked at a recruitment agency based in Hertfordshire, emailed the personal data of approximately 500 candidates to his personal email address as he was leaving to start a new rival recruitment…