WALB is just all over a breach involving Phoebe Putney Hospital in Georgia that was disclosed yesterday. Today, WALB reports that two employees have been fired over the breach, which the hospital still hasn’t described as a theft: Phoebe officials say a computer forensics investigation showed only 13 people’s social security numbers were recorded on that…
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More on today's HHS update: newly disclosed incidents
The remainder of today’s HHS update consists of breaches I did not previously cover on this blog. I’ve added details where I can find them. If there are no details, it means I looked, but couldn’t find anything yet. If you can add/provide details, please e-mail this site. Metcare of Florida, Inc reported that 2,557 were…
Today's HHS update included 16 incidents we already knew about
Working through the latest updates to HHS’s breach tool, the following are incidents where we already knew something about the breach. Once again, some of these entries refer to breaches that occurred in 2012, and I have no idea why HHS didn’t post these publicly before now. Links are to previous coverage on this blog…
OK, now HHS is messing with me…
Friday afternoon and HHS has added dozens of new updates/revisions to the breach tool – after adding dozens more during the week? Yikes. As before, some of them appear to be older incidents that had never been posted publicly while others are more recent. One change that I noted immediately is that they’ve now organized…
NY Court of Appeals rules employer not liable for actions of employee acting outside scope of employment
There’s a follow-up to a breach lawsuit involving an employee of Guthrie Health System who shared a patients’ sensitive medical information with a third party – and privacy advocates will not be happy. As I first noted in March 2011, “John Doe” sued Guthrie Health System after a nurse sent embarrassing text messages about his…
GA: Phoebe Putney Hospital notifies 6,777 patients about stolen computer
WALB reports: Phoebe Putney Hospital is notifying thousands of patients that their medical information has been compromised by the disappearance of a hospital computer. Phoebe confirmed to WALB News 10 that on November 6, 2013, the hospital learned that a password protected unencrypted desktop computer disappeared from one of its clinics the day before. Read more…