BBC reports: More than 3,000 patients have been sent a letter of apology by the NHS after a computer memory stick containing their personal information was found by a member of the public. East Sussex NHS Trust said the stick had been left by a member of staff near a trust building. The information was…
Category: Health Data
Stolen laptop contained UCSF research participants’ health & insurance info
The University of California – San Francisco posted this notice on their site on July 2: UC San Francisco is alerting individuals about a burglary involving an unencrypted laptop belonging to a faculty member in the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia Service that contained some personal, research and health information. While there is no evidence of…
Orlando Health notifying patients after uncovering unauthorized employee access to protected health information
The following substitute notice was posted on Orlando Health’s web site: Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access The privacy and confidentiality of our patient’s health information is of the utmost importance to Orlando Health. Regrettably, this notice is regarding a recent incident involving that information. On May 27, 2015, while conducting a routine patient record access audit…
FL: Stolen ID scheme sends Tampa couple to federal prison
Another installment of an ID theft scheme previously covered on this site and phiprivacy.net. TBO reports: A Tampa woman has been sentenced to 11½ years in federal prison for her role in a stolen identity scheme that used medical records from area hospitals and other sources. Eneshia Carlyle pleaded guilty Nov. 26 to wire fraud…
TeamGhostShell posts “master list” of 548 leaks (so far)
From a paste today that contains this note from the hackers: (Reminder: If you want to help get them patch then please report the vulnerabilities) 1000knigi.mon.gov.mk – M1: http://dpaste.com/2X4DE5K M2: http://ixmr.kpaste.net/b872164eff M3: http://hastebin.com/geyavowama.1c M4: https://dpaste.de/RPG4 austlang.aiatsis.gov.au – M1: http://dpaste.com/3K0JSH6 M2: http://ixmr.kpaste.net/180a M3: http://hastebin.com/inorukinep.md M4: https://dpaste.de/uij2 blr.dole.gov.ph – M1: http://dpaste.com/2KZ5VDM M2: http://ixmr.kpaste.net/cdc38 M3: http://hastebin.com/vacifufiwe.1c M4: https://dpaste.de/o9g4…
MD: Meritus contacting patients after ‘privacy incident’
CJ Lovelace reports: Meritus Medical Center is contacting patients about a “privacy incident” that may have compromised personal data, including names, demographics, clinical information and Social Security numbers. Meritus mailed out letters Friday to 1,029 individuals who may have been affected after conducting an investigation into the matter, according to a news release and a…