Felice J. Freyer reports: A clerk at the state-run Tewksbury Hospital inappropriately viewed the electronic medical records of 1,100 patients from 2003 to 2017, the Department of Public Health revealed Friday. The clerk, who no longer works at the hospital, had access to records as part of her job, but snooped into patient files she…
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OK: Stolen medical records uncovered in identity theft scheme
Andrew Freeman reports: Authorities confirmed Thursday that medical records were stolen in addition to mail, in two identity theft arrests made last month. We’ve been violated as a hospital, the community’s been violated, and we suffered the theft of some records that was inappropriate, and will not happen again.” Mercy Health Love County administrator Richard…
Lucchese computer hacker sentenced to 18-months in federal prison
Andra Litton has the follow-up to a case previously noted on this site: A disgruntled ex-employee of Lucchese Boots was sentenced to 18-months in federal prison and ordered to pay $57,396.76 in restitution Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of transmission of a program to cause damage to a computer. The computer breach happened…
Ca: ‘Substantial’ privacy breach sees hundreds of N.S. patient records accessed
The Canadian Press reports: Hundreds of patient records at the Nova Scotia Health Authority were inappropriately accessed in two separate incidents involving six employees. The health authority is reaching out to 337 patients whose personal health information was accessed in the widespread privacy breaches. A spokesperson said the privacy breaches are among the largest on…
In: NIFT student arrested for hacking Institute website
Local Police arrested an eighth semester NIFT student last evening for hacking the official website of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and tampering with the marks-sheets, police said here today.Kangra Sub Divisional Police officer Surinder Sharma told UNI this evening that NIFT Director S Balasidartha had lodged a complaint with police today that the…
Veterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases breach reports
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…