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December was one of the busiest months for health data breach disclosures

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Dissent

While you are eagerly awaiting the release of Protenus’s annual review of 2017 health data breaches, I thought I’d mention that December closed the year out with a bang with 52 possible breaches being disclosed. Only June, 2017 (with 53 reports) exceeded December. Of the 52 entries, 20 were hacking incidents and 17 were insider…

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Pedes Orange County notifying patients after doctor found accessing EMR without authorization

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Dissent

Pedes Orange County, Inc. in California shares their medical facility with another medical group that  conducts surgical procedures. To coordinate, it seems that they share a scheduling tool with other medical professionals in their building. Somehow – and it’s not yet clear to me how this happened in terms of access controls – a physician…

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Ca: Dark family secrets: Anonymous letter uncovers child welfare records

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Dissent

Here’s a news report of an insider privacy breach in Canada that is just…. awful. That is has resulted in severe psychological harm and trauma to one of those impacted  is not surprising. The incident, which you can read about here, involves records that are more than 30 years old that appear to have been…

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CareFirst makes final push for Supreme Court to hear breach case

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Dissent

Jessica Davis reports: Maryland-based CareFirst has filed a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its data breach case, arguing that without a high court review, companies in every sector will be hit with a “flood” of data breach lawsuits in the future. The appeal stems from a decision by the U.S. Court…

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CY: Hospitals must digitise patients’ records, nearly 100 files missing, data watchdog says

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Dissent

Andrea Kades reports: Nicosia general hospital has lost 94 patient medical records since 2016 that are nowhere to be found, personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Thursday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, she said this posed a serious risk and as outlined in the latest audit report for the…

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A second Indiana hospital reports ransomware attack

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Dissent

Another hospital has been hit with ransomware. Angelica Robinson reports that a second Indiana hospital has been hit with ransomware. Adams Health Network, which runs Adams Memorial Hospital, has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted some of its computer servers on Thursday, January 11. Ransomware is a malicious software designed to block access to a computer…

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