Carla Field reports: A health care revenue company says one of its employees looked at nearly two dozen patient records without authorization. Cardon Outreach does contract work for AnMed Health, and has employees on site at the hospital. AnMed said in a release that a Cardon Outreach employee opened 22 patient files without authorization, including…
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OR: Providence Health & Services notifying 5,400 patients of long-running insider breach
For reasons I can’t begin to fathom, this one was sitting in ‘drafts’ and never got posted. Oops. AP reports: Providence Health & Services in Oregon is notifying about 5,400 current and former patients that a former employee may have improperly accessed their patient records. Providence said in a statement Friday that it learned of…
MO: A second TheDarkOverlord target confirms hack (updated)
In the past 24 hours, two of TheDarkOverlord’s targets have publicly acknowledged breaches previously reported by this site. Yesterday, it was the Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia who issued a public statement (previous coverage). Today, it’s a group of clinics in Farmington, Missouri (previous coverage). Daily Journal Online reports: The medical group which includes Midwest…
N.J. town’s website has been hacked 8 times this month
Sometimes, I’d really love to know why. Caitlin Mota reports: Apparently, someone really doesn’t like Harrison. Since the West Hudson town’s website was initially hacked on July 7, Harrison’s website has been infiltrated seven more times in the past two weeks, officials said. “These are highly intelligent criminals who seek to cause havoc and destruction in the…
Postal employee charged with theft of thousands of credit cards
And then sometimes, it’s still just low-tech old-fashioned theft: A former U.S. Postal Service employee appeared in federal court earlier this month after agreeing to plead guilty to stealing and selling thousands of credit cards from the mail, the Justice Department said. The 48-year-old California man, who had worked for USPS for more than 20…
Woman sues Pennington County authorities for alleged violation of her civil rights
File this under “small breach, huge harm.” Mike Anderson reports that a woman is suing Pennington County because employees at City County Alcohol Drug Program (CCADP) violated federal law when they notified law enforcement that they had found a used syringe in her possession when she came to them, seeking help. Their notification appears taboo to me under…