HISI reports: The HSE’s registration system for under-6s free GP care has suffered a data breach as parents registering their children for the new scheme could see an application made by another person. As required, the breach was reported to the Data Protection Commissioner after “a very small number of people” could view data relating to…
Category: Health Data
Wearable fitness trackers tested for data leakage and poor security
Graham Cluley writes: Independent IT security testing authority AV-Test.org has put nine different fitness trackers under the microscope, in order to explore how well they are protecting users’ data. At first it may seem peculiar that the organisation, famous for its in-depth tests of anti-virus technology, has turned its attention to fitness trackers. But in…
AU: NIB apologises for privacy breach
ABC (AU) reports: There has been a privacy breach involving the big Australian based health insurer, NIB. The mobile phone numbers, emails and claims history of around 300 customers reportedly appeared on the company’s website for around an hour this morning. Read more on ABC (AU).
Seven Charged in North Texas as Part of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown in History
Some of the data theft referred to in the charges was previously reported on PHIprivacy.net in 2011 and 2014. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243…
8 Indicted in Identity Thefts of Patients at Montefiore Medical Center
Liam Stack reports: A Montefiore Medical Center employee and seven others were indicted on Friday on charges of stealing the personal information of as many as 12,000 hospital patients and using it to make purchases at luxury stores, the Manhattan district attorney said. Officials said Monique Walker, 32, an assistant clerk at the hospital, allegedly stole personal information, including…
SC: EMS agency notifies patients about missing medical data
Teddy Kulmala reports: A safe with flash drives and hard drives that stored personal and medical information went missing from the Lancaster County EMS, and county officials are mailing letters to patients who have received EMS care since 2004. The safe was discovered missing from a county building on April 16, county officials say. Inside…