An update to a case reported previously on this blog: Yesterday, Helene Michel, an owner and officer of Medical Solutions Management Inc. (“MSM”), was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York. Michel was convicted after a three-week jury…
Category: Health Data
UK: Torbay patients' medical records found on Dawlish road
This is happening too damned frequently. BBC reports that eight Torbay Hospital patients’ confidential medical records were found on a busy street in Devon. The records were in two courier bags found by a woman on the A379 yesterday afternoon. Both the Royal Devon and Exeter (RD&E) Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South Devon Healthcare…
Hacker ‘Kayla’ admits attacks on Sony, Nintendo, Arizona State Police
Estelle Shirbon of Reuters reports: A British computer hacker pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cyber attacks on targets including Sony, Nintendo, Rupert Murdoch’s News International and the Arizona State Police. Ryan Ackroyd’s plea meant his planned jury trial did not go ahead and, as a result, the court did not hear any evidence on the…
UK support organization hacked, data leaked
Yesterday, I became aware of a breach involving HPTH UK. The breach had been posted on Pastebin by @LulzSecWiki, who headlined it as “HPTH UK Hospital Server Data Leak.” @LulzSecWiki also tweeted a link to the data dump. In a statement with the leaked data, @LulzSecWiki wrote: Greetings friends, welcome to TheLulzBoat. The the world’s leader in…
For the "lulz?" Rot in Hell.
There needs to be a special place in Hell for those who think it’s fun to hack a database with sensitive medical information and then dump it on the Internet. Today, I became aware of one such leak. I am not yet naming the organization that had its database hacked and dumped, other than to…
UK: Pembrokeshire child sex abuse files 'released in error'
Cross-posting this from DataBreaches.net… The BBC reports: Allegations that Pembrokeshire council wrongly disclosed sensitive reports about 10 child sex abuse victims to another victim are being investigated. It is claimed the person wanted information about himself, but received private details about others. Read more on BBC. The story was initially reported earlier today in Western Mail, which…