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Ca: Confidential patient records accessed by Inuvik Hospital employees

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Dissent

Following up on an investigation first disclosed in February, CBC News reports: The Beaufort Delta Health Authority confirmed today that there was a breach of patients’ health records by employees at the Inuvik Hospital. The hospital said it has sent letters to 67 patients informing them their health records had been compromised. Read more on…

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Federal Insider FDIC reports five ‘major incidents’ of cybersecurity breaches since fall

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Dissent

Joe Davidson reports: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on Monday retroactively reported to Congress that five additional “major incidents” of data breaches have occurred since Oct. 30. FDIC also is launching “a new initiative to enhance security.” The incidents involved the breach of taxpayers’ personally identifiable information, The Washington Post has learned. In each…

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PA: HASD student tried to hack district’s system

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Dissent

A Hazleton Area Career Center student was disciplined for attempting to hack into the district’s computer system, the district’s top administrator said. State police and school district officials are investigating an incident involving a student who acquired a wireless key, or code for accessing Hazleton Area’s computer system, Superintendent Dr. Craig Butler said. The system…

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UK: Employers vicariously liable for data breaches caused by rogue employees

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Dissent

Tim Hickman and Stephen Ravenscroft of White & Case LLP write: In April 2016, the High Court of England and Wales issued its judgment in Axon v Ministry of Defence [2016] EWHC 787 (QB). The court emphasised (albeit obiter) the fact that employers can be liable for data breaches caused by rogue employees (in the present case,…

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Ca: Hospital workers convicted for snooping into Rob Ford’s personal health files

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Dissent

May Warren reports: Two health workers who snooped into late mayor Rob Ford’s electronic health records have become the first in Ontario to be convicted under the province’s health privacy law, the Star has learned. Mohammad Rahman, of Toronto, and Debbie Davison, of Pickering, both pleaded guilty under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)…

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Probationary employee at CDOT misused employee info

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Dissent

Kieran Nicholson reports: State investigators are looking into a database breach at the Colorado Department of Transportation which could lead to identity thefts. The breach of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program with CDOT was discovered recently and has been reported to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said Amy Ford, a CDOT spokeswoman. […] “A probationary…

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