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NC: Hospital says patient personal data possibly compromised

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Dissent

A missing computer part, with sensitive patient credit information, is missing from Pitt County Memorial Hospital. The hospital is trying to notify 1700 former patients, offering them free credit monitoring to those whose personal information may have been compromised. The hospital says patient names and Social Security numbers were placed onto a portable computer storage…

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Man who stole for penis enlargements, breast implants sent to prison

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Dissent

Kevin Amerman reports: A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents to rack up $88,000 of bills in their names, partly to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women, could serve nearly two decades behind bars. Lehigh County Judge Maria L. Dantos…

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Highmark changes it procedures in wake of BCBS breach

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Dissent

Another lesson learned the hard way? In the aftermath of the theft of a Blue Cross Blue Shield laptop, Highmark, Inc. notified 50,000 doctors that their Social Security numbers or tax ID numbers were on the stolen laptop containing their unencrypted data. A BCBS employee had reportedly breached policy by downloading the unencrypted database to…

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TN: 68 Blue Cross Blue Shield hard drives stolen (updated)

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Dissent

Yet another Blue Cross Blue Shield breach in the news this week, although it’s not clear yet whether any PII or PHI are involved (see update below). Joe Legge reports: Monday, Blue Cross Blue Shield workers noticed something missing here at their Eastgate offices. Dozens of computer hard drives weren’t where they were supposed to…

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TN: 68 Blue Cross Blue Shield hard drives stolen (update 1)

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Dissent

Yet another Blue Cross Blue Shield breach in the news this week, although it’s not clear yet whether any PII or PHI are involved. Joe Legge reports: Monday, Blue Cross Blue Shield workers noticed something missing here at their Eastgate offices. Dozens of computer hard drives weren’t where they were supposed to be. 68 drives…

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850,000 doctors could be hit by potential data breach from insurer’s stolen laptop

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Dissent

Emil Berry reports on a recent breach that was originally described as affecting “tens of thousands” of people. Now it appears that the breach was much bigger: A file containing identifying information for every physician in the country contracted with a Blues-affiliated insurance plan was on a laptop computer stolen from a BlueCross BlueShield Assn….

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