Ah, I feel like I’ve been transported back in time, when it was always so hard to find a notification of a breach on an entity’s web site. I went searching for information on a breach Lowell General Hospital in Massachusetts reported to HHS as affecting 769 patients. I was looking for media contact information,…
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Former Sysadmin Caught Hacking His Ex-Employer by His Replacement
Catalin Cimpanu reports: On Wednesday, November 29, a Kansas City court sentenced a Missouri man to six years in federal prison without parole for hacking his former employer, stealing trade secrets, and for accessing child pornography. The man is Jacob Raines, 38, of Parkville, Missouri, who worked as IT manager for American Crane & Tractor…
Mercy Health/Love County Hospital And Clinic Patients Notified Of Medical Records Incident
The press release below from Mercy Health/Love County Hospital is described as a supplement to an incident that they – and we – first reported in July. In September, the entity notified HHS that they had notified 13,004 patients, a notification that they reference below as a precautionary measure. I’m not sure why they needed…
Retired cop from Nutley gets probation in database fraud
Matt Kadosh reports: A Nutley man and retired police officer, who admitted to selling personally identifiable information stolen from a law enforcement database, has been ordered to serve two years of probation for his role in the crime. Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin cited 52-year-old retired Newark Police Officer Dino D’Elia’s four prior arrests and…
Former employee reportedly steals mental health data on 28,434 Bexar County patients
Samantha Ehlinger reports: The Center for Health Care Services in San Antonio is notifying 28,434 local patients whose Social Security numbers, mental health and other sensitive records were stolen when a former employee allegedly took the data on his personal laptop after he was fired, the company said in a news release. The mental health…
Lawsuit claims Bend nurse shared confidential medical records
Kyle Spurr reports: St. Charles Health System is being sued for $500,000 by a patient who claims a nurse illegally shared his private health information without his permission. Jason Miller was receiving treatment at St. Charles Bend on May 15, 2016, for injuries related to an all-terrain vehicle accident. A nurse not assigned to him,…