Melissa Thompson reports: The Wall Street Journal recently ran a disturbing article about hospital data security — or the lack thereof. It seems that Tanium, a new cybersecurity company, is alleged to have used private data from a hospital in El Camino, CA during their sales demonstrations with other health facilities throughout the state, and…
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Laptop stolen from Tulsa firm contained customers’ personal data
Abby Bitterman reports: Personal information of about 3,400 customers may have been compromised in an internal theft of a Tulsa-based medical supplier database. In a statement on its website, LKM Medical said two employees on Jan. 3 stole a company computer with customer information stored on it. The employees have been fired. “This discovery is…
Customer data stolen as S.F. cybersecurity firm hacked, Stanford medical school reportedly a client
Ethan Baron reports: Cybersecurity is big business in the Bay Area, with new firms popping up virtually every week to meet the global demand for data protection in a world teeming with sophisticated hackers. Now one of the region’s more established firms has been hacked, with customer data stolen, according to a company blog post…
OneLogin: Breach Exposed Ability to Decrypt Data
Brian Krebs reports: OneLogin, an online service that lets users manage logins to sites and apps from a single platform, says it has suffered a security breach in which customer data was compromised, including the ability to decrypt encrypted data. Headquartered in San Francisco, OneLogin provides single sign-on and identity management for cloud-base applications. OneLogin…
Privacy Breach at Beverly Hills Clinic Puts Thousands of Patients, Some Celebrities, at Risk
CBS reports: A massive privacy breach at an exclusive Rodeo Drive plastic surgery clinic has put thousands of patients at risk, including some of L.A.’s most rich and famous. A spokesperson for Dr. Kadri says some of his clients are celebrities whose medical records may now be in jeopardy. That’s because the records of 15,000…
Woman stole info of 150 patients at Charlotte area medical practice
Joe Marusak reports: A Charlotte woman on Wednesday admitted to stealing the personal identification information of more than 150 patients at a Charlotte area medical practice. Keniona Thomas, 24, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charlotte to one count of identity theft for stealing the information from patient files, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors…