Matthew J. Siegel of Cozen O’Connor writes: A split continued to develop in the federal courts last month as the Fourth Circuit denied Article III standing to the plaintiffs in a data breach case whose alleged injuries were limited to the increased risk of future identity theft and the cost of measures to protect against…
Category: Health Data
Cincinnati Eye Institute employees victims of tax refund fraudsters
John Matarese reports that a number of employees of Cincinnati Eye Institute have discovered that their identity information has been misused by criminals filing for tax refunds. While CEI claims that any breach does not involve their system, they are offering their employees credit monitoring protection services. At the present time, it’s not clear whether a business associate…
NZ: Patient data system disabled after problem discovered
Eileen Goodwin reports: A new patient information system used by general practitioners had to be disabled yesterday because of a risk of data breach. The Otago Daily Times learned about the situation in a leaked email to southern GP practices. The patient information system has been introduced over the past couple of months to many GP practices…
Cuban national accused in UPMC tax-return scheme plans guilty plea
Torsten Ove reports: A Cuban national extradited last summer from Venezuela to face charges that he used hundreds of stolen UPMC employee identifications to file bogus tax returns for millions in refunds is prepared to admit to his crimes. Yoandy Perez Llanes, 32, and his public defender filed notice Monday that he will enter a…
Summit Reinsurance issues notice of breach discovered in August
Regular readers will realize that I’ve been reporting on the Summit Reinsurance breach since it first appeared in a covered entity’s disclosure back in November. Since then, I’ve been compiling and/or reporting on other entities affected by the ransomware attack that they discovered August 8, 2016. So seven months after discovery, they are first issuing a public…
UK: Nurse inappropriately accessed patient records for three years
STV reports: A night-shift nurse accessed the medical records of a colleague who was on sick leave. Lorraine Mcintosh faced disciplinary proceedings over her actions, which came to light when she was overheard discussing “blood test results and the reason for sick leave of another staff member” with a fellow employee. The nurse, who had…