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www.podiatry.com hacked

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

According to a data dump on Pastebin.com, 382 individuals who registered with PRESENT e-Learning  Systems’ PRESENT Podiatry program (www.podiatry.com) had their names, e-mail addresses, and affiliations acquired by a hacker who calls him/herself  “Teku.”  In a related data dump on Pastie, I see names and street addresses of what appears to be 86 registrants for…

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Psychiatrist facing federal charges in HIPAA case acquitted by judge

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

I’ve mentioned this case before on this blog, but now new details have emerged in this case. Tim McGlone reports: A psychiatrist faces trial in federal court on charges of illegally disclosing medical information of a Virginia state trooper who had been in his care after being held hostage and raped over three nights. Prosecutors…

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A rash of x-ray thefts highlights an often overlooked risk

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

I’ve occasionally reported news stories concerning the theft of x-ray films containing personally identifiable information. Here’s another example from HHS’s latest update to the breach tool: Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Pennsylvania notified 3,150 patients after x-ray films were stolen on September 6.  The hospital posted a notice linked from its home page. A search of…

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What could be worse than 4.9 million? How about 5.1 million?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dissent

The HHS breach tool has been updated and I noticed that the SAIC/TRICARE breach entry has been added.  I also noticed that although media reports had the breach as affecting 4.9 million, the actual number appears to be 5,117,799. A lawsuit has been filed against the Department of Defense after backup tapes were stolen from…

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IL: 4,200 Medical Records Stored Inside Slowed Fire Cleanup

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dissent

After 10 years or so of covering breaches and data loss,  it takes a bit to shock me, but this news story by John H. Croessman had my eyebrows involuntarily elevating: When members of the Pinckneyville City Council hammered physician Tim Mathis on television interviews recently about why it has taken so long to clean…

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2,500 Avia Dental Plan members notified of security breach

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dissent

From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Avia Dental Plan was notified by the U.S. Secret Service that it was investigating the theft of password information that permitted access to Avia Dental Plan members’ personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information.  In some cases, members’ dependents’ information…

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