Lennox Herald reports: A Dumbarton sheriff said a hospital could face legal action after it was revealed the wrong medical records had been sent to assist in a case. Sheriff William Gallacher blasted the actions of the hospital, calling the blunder a “catastrophic breach” of data protection. Solicitors had requested medical records for Mark Kelly,…
Category: Health Data
“Release my husband or else,” US citizen behind HIV data leak threathens to expose information to the public
Anna Maria Romero reports: Singapore — In an affidavit filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, Mikhy Farrera-Brochez admitted that he had the database of the HIV registry in his possession, had brought it into the US, and threatened the Government of Singapore that he would release the data for…
N.W.T. employee dug through planters, trash to find stolen laptop, weeks after privacy training (Part 2)
Priscilla Hwang reports: This is part 2 of three stories on the stolen laptop files. Here’s part 1. Part 3 is scheduled for next week. The N.W.T. government employee who was responsible for a laptop with health information for nearly the entire territory’s population had received training on how to securely handle portable devices just two weeks before…
Pap smears, STIs and flu: What the N.W.T. gov’t didn’t tell you about a stolen laptop (Part 1)
Priscilla Hwang provides a troubling update on a stolen laptop incident disclosed last year. This story is Part 1 of 3 on the stolen laptop files. Part 2 is scheduled for Tuesday and Part 3 will publish next week. The number of people whose personal health information was put at risk after a laptop was stolen last year…
VT: Rutland Regional Medical Center notifies patients after employee email accounts hacked
On Feb. 20, Rutland Regional Medical Center in Vermont posted a notice on its web site that says, in pertinent part: Rutland Regional Medical Center (“Rutland Regional”) recently discovered an incident that may affect the security of personal information of certain individuals who received care from its facility. We take this incident very seriously, and…
UConn Health: 326,000 could be impacted by recent phishing attack
Matt Pilon reports: UConn Health on Friday disclosed that an unauthorized third party had accessed employee email accounts, potentially breaching the privacy of 326,000 patients and others. Of that number, 1,500 could have had their social security numbers exposed, UConn Health said. For others, potentially acquired details include names, dates of birth, addresses, and billing…