An updated to a previously reported breach: Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Hantz Saint Marc today to four years and six months in federal prison for theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. Saint Marc pleaded guilty on February 19, 2014. According to court documents, Saint Marc engaged in…
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Undercover Audio Reveals Anti-Abortion Tactics
Maria Tuma reports: Anti-abortion activists in Texas employ strategies to identify and monitor abortion patients, investigate abortion providers and clinic staff, and search tax records to find locations of abortion providers, according to newly released undercover audio. The audio, from NARAL Pro-Choice Texas and Progress Texas, was recorded during a training session at the Capitol hosted…
CORRECTED: E.A. Conway learns of FTP exposure breach of patient information; information exposed for over one year
CORRECTION AND UPDATE: See this email and documentation from Professor Bowne. It seems that the media reporting on a breach involving patients at E. A. Conway Medical Center was inaccurate in some important respects, with the inaccuracies stemming from the Louisiana State University Health System‘s notice about the breach. To summarize: Professor Sam Bowne of City…
US won't reveal records on health website security
Jack Gillum of AP reports: After promising not to withhold government information over “speculative or abstract fears,” the Obama administration has concluded it will not publicly disclose federal records that could shed light on the security of the government’s health care website because doing so could “potentially” allow hackers to break in. The Centers for…
KS: Online data breach affects employees of Children’s Mercy Hospital
Why is this first being disclosed now when other affected entities disclosed in March? Was Staywell late in notifying or OnSite Health Diagnostics, or….? Alan Bavley reports: A security breach has been discovered in an online scheduling application used two years ago to register more than 4,000 Children’s Mercy Hospital employees and spouses for a wellness program….
Thousands of veterans notified after their information was left in a ladies' restroom
The South Carolina VA incident wasn’t the only large incident the Veterans Administration reported to Congress for July. In a separate incident, a folder containing multiple patients’ information including full names, SSN’s, and other medical information was found in a ladies restroom in the main lobby of the medical center in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 30….