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Robert Weisman reports: Federal officials are investigating the theft of personal information of about 8,830 former and current members of a Tufts Health Plan insurance plan, including names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers but not medical, health, or financial information, the insurer said Thursday. Tufts Health Plan, based in Watertown, said the victims were…

Two breaches within one month? Will that get HHS’s attention? The Pocono Record reports: A laptop computer that may have contained the files of more than 700 Coordinated Health patients was stolen from an employee’s car on Feb. 21 and has not been recovered, according to a press release issued by Coordinated Health today. The…

Dozens of old city records containing private information about local military veterans were strewn about a Quincy Center neighborhood Tuesday, blowing around in the wind and available for anyone to pick up and view. The records, some of which contained personal information for Quincy military veterans, such as Social Security numbers, bank account data, healthcare…

Jim Finkle reports: The FBI has warned healthcare providers their cybersecurity systems are lax compared to other sectors, making them vulnerable to attacks by hackers searching for Americans’ personal medical records and health insurance data. Health data is far more valuable to hackers on the black market than credit card numbers because it tends to…

Daniela Altimari reports: Pharmacies offer a slew of perks to customers who enroll in prescription-drug rewards programs. But in exchange for all those discounts and goodies, consumers are sometimes required to sign away their right to medical privacy guaranteed under federal law. State lawmakers want to ensure that participants in rewards programs know that. “Some…

Ever wonder what your doctors are saying about you while you’re knocked out under anesthesia? One patient found out after he accidentally left his cellphone in record mode during a colonoscopy. Now he’s suing.