Bernie Monegain reports: A new UCLA-led study suggests that real-time social media, such as Twitter could be used to track HIV and drug related behavior to detect potential outbreaks – and ultimately, as a tool for prevention efforts. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Preventive Medicine, suggests it may be possible to predict sexual risk…
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AppleCare Insurance notifying insurance applicants after Golden Outlook agent's laptop is stolen
AppleCare Insurance is notifying some insurance applicants that their unencrypted PHI was on a laptop stolen from an agent. In a letter signed by Michael Blea, VicePresident/General Manager, they explain: We are writing to let you know about a privacy issue involving some of your personal information. On January 1, 2014, a licensed insurance agent of…
London firm at centre of hack redirecting 300,000 routers
Nicole Kobie reports: A London-registered company appears to be at the centre of a massive attack that’s redirecting traffic from 300,000 routers, a security firm has said. Florida-based security firm Team Cymru said it was examining a “widespread compromise” of consumer and small office/home office (SOHO) routers in Europe and Asia. Read more on PC…
NHS England patient data 'uploaded to Google servers', Tory MP says (Updated)
Update: Now it is being reported that the data were mock data. See image at end of post. Randeep Ramesh reports the latest concerning revelation involving NHS patient records: A prominent Tory MP on the powerful health select committee has questioned how the entire NHS hospital patient database for England was handed over to management…
Sherman, Texas doctor notifying patients after office burglars nabbed computers and hard drives
Ann Smajstrla of The Herald Democrat reports that Dr. J. M. Benson, whose practice is in Sherman Texas, has been notifying patients of a breach that occurred at the beginning of the year. Office staff noticed on Jan. 5 that the office had been broken into, and that computers and one or more hard drives were…
Crap hospital databases next goldmine for cyber-crooks, say Microsoft's botnet slayers
Iain Thomson reports: The low levels of security in healthcare IT systems, and the high value of its data, is going to make the sector the next big target for scammers, according to the Microsoft-backed team that takes down botnets. “Healthcare is really in a disadvantaged place in cyber-security,” said Patrick Peterson, CEO of security…