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CRMC employee fired for unauthorized access to patient files

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Dissent

An employee of Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris was fired because she looked at 431 patient files for which she did not have permission. “She was nosey,” said hospital President Steven Ruwoldt said Thursday. There was no malicious intent, he said of the woman, who worked in the medical records department. The files she…

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PA: Legislation aims at data breach notification

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Dissent

Alex Rose: State Sen. Dominic Pileggi, R-9, of Chester, recently re-introduced legislation that would require state agencies to notify the public about data breaches involving personal information within one week. Current state law only allows for notification “without unreasonable delay.” Pileggi, the Senate majority leader, introduced similar legislation last year. That bill passed the Senate…

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2 hospital employees allegedly steal from patient, 79

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Dissent

Kelly Green reports: A 79-year-old woman was the victim of credit card and check theft by two hospital employees in separate incidents during her stay in a Scottsdale hospital, police said. The victim was receiving treatment for a heart condition at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea in December 2008 when the two employees allegedly stole credit cards…

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Consumer Electronics Company Agrees to Settle Data Security Charges; Breach Compromised Data of Hundreds of Consumers

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Dissent

An online seller of computer supplies and other consumer electronics has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security to protect sensitive customer data. According to the FTC’s complaint, Compgeeks.com (Compgeeks), which operates the www.geeks.com Web site, and its parent company, Genica Corporation (Genica), collect…

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Susquehanna Upgrades Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) to Neutral

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Dissent

Susquehanna analyst says, “We are upgrading HPY to Neutral from Negative, as it has achieved our price objective. Although considerable risk persists related to the credit/debit card data breach disclosed last month, we believe such penalties are contemplated in the current valuation. We consulted a range of experts, including reformed hackers, data security auditors (PCI…

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phpBB hacked, 400,000+ account details intercepted

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Dissent

The online bulletin board phpBB (php Bulletin Board) was taken offline on Sunday, following a security breach that allowed access to user account details. phpBB is an open-source software package used to run discussion forums on web sites. The breach was caused when the attacker gained access through an unpatched security bug in PHPlist, a…

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