Joe Mandak of AP has an update to the prosecution of Yoandy Perez Llanes for his role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme that used patient information hacked from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2014: A Cuban national pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he conspired to file 900 phony federal tax…
Category: Health Data
The Outer Banks Hospital alerts former Eastern Carolina Cardiovascular patients of lost identity and medical info
Another entry for the “Why is this still happening in 2016?” collection. Think long and hard – and then think harder – about whether you should be using thumb drives to transfer unencrypted protected health information. Rob Morris reports: Personal data for patients over a period of 12 years might be at risk after two…
Newkirk Products, Inc. Provides Update to Notice of Data Breach
From Newkirk, notice that another health insurer was also affected by the previously reported breach: Newkirk Products, Inc. (“Newkirk”), a service provider that issues healthcare ID cards for health insurance plans, today provided an update on its previously announced cyber security incident. Symphonix Health Insurance, a client of DST Health Solutions, Inc., is also identified…
Former Manager Of Louisville Medical Office Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison For Health Care Fraud And Identity Theft
United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the sentencing of a former medical office manager to 20 months in prison, on Wednesday, August 19, 2016, by Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell, for committing health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. Kelly Lenning, age 45, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to all…
HK: Privacy concerns after health hack
Sometimes items don’t show up in my news searches until much later. Here’s an item that was actually published in July in a Hong Kong publication, The Standard: Hackers may have accessed up to 17,000 personal and clinical files kept by the Department of Health. The department said last night the Immunisation Record System of…
Not Just Credit Cards, Hackers Are Now Stealing Medical Records
Attacks on the healthcare sector is a global concern. Amitai Ziv writes: News that a Knesset member recently underwent a medical procedure was leaked to the media and onto social networks within days. Given that most people would prefer their medical information remain private, the leak presumably caused great embarrassment to the MK and his…