Lawrence Abrams reports: In an embarrassing security incident, the WeTransfer file sharing service announced that for two days it was sending it’s users shared files to the wrong people. As this service is used to transfer what are considered private, and potentially sensitive files, this could be a big privacy issue for affected users. Starting…
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IT error deletes Creighton pharmacy patient records, including prescription, insurance info
Julie Anderson reports: An IT error resulted in the deletion of patient records Tuesday from the Creighton University Campus Pharmacy at 2412 Cuming St. The lost data includes prescription and refill history and insurance information for all customers. A count of customers wasn’t immediately available, but the pharmacy filled 50,000 prescriptions in 2017. The incident…
Now THIS is painful: PainMD tells bankruptcy court it lost access to its own patients’ records
OK, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a breach report quite like this one, so grab your favorite beverage and read what Brett Kelman reports on a company that ran into trouble with regulators and then filed for bankruptcy…. and in the process, managed to lose access to all their patients’ stored records because the…
U.S. finds American guilty in Singapore HIV data leak case
Reuters reports: A U.S. citizen who leaked the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive people in Singapore has been found guilty by a U.S. court of illegally transferring personal data and threatening the Singapore government, court filings show. Read more on Reuters.
Ca: Weight Loss Grants posts customer health information without consent
Sean O’Shea reports: A company that promised to pay customers for losing weight has posted personal information about clients, including their names, weights, weight loss goals and even facial photographs on its website. Weight Loss Grants revealed the personal information without clients’ consent after news reports described how the organization failed to make payments to…
OH: Personal information of more than 2400 TriHealth patients wrongly shared with student
Max Londberg reports: The personal information corresponding to more than 2,000 TriHealth patients was shared with a student mentee who was not authorized to view the data. The medical system announced the discovery Friday afternoon in a press release. Shared data included patients’ first and last names, ZIP codes, ethnicity, dates of birth and cancer…