George Nott has a good summary of some of the key findings in Verizon’s newest Data Breach Investigations Report. Some snippets: This year’s report – described by Verizon as an “InfoSec coddiwomple that has now culminated in a decade of nefarious deeds and malicious mayhem” – includes analysis on 42,068 incidents and 1,935 breaches from…
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Three Family Members in North Suburban Chiropractic Group Sentenced to Federal Prison in $10.8 Million Fraud Scheme
Sometimes patients are willing victims of misuse of their records. We generally don’t see the government prosecuting patients for participating in fraud schemes like the one described below by DOJ, but I almost wish that they occasionally would prosecute participating patients. Then, too, do these patients get counted as “medical identity theft” victims in the…
A Heart-to-Heart from the Hackers: Cyber-Vulnerabilities in Cardiac Devices
Robert Radick writes: Just over a year ago, this blog took note of a governmental letter that powerfully underscored the dangers of cyberattacks in the healthcare industry. The letter, which then-Senator Barbara Boxer had sent to FBI Director James Comey, discussed the serious risks that hospitals and other institutional health care providers face from cyberattacks,…
BakerHostetler 2017 Data Security Incident Response Report Based on 450 Incidents
I don’t post links to most reports with data breach analyses because some are so flawed that they just perpetuate errors some of us have tried to correct. But BakerHostetler handles a lot of breach incidents for their clients, and they’ve issued a report based on 450 incidents they’ve handled. Some of their findings seem quite…
Leak of diabetic patients’ data highlights risks of giving info to telemarketers
Personal and health information of 918,000 vulnerable seniors was exposed on the Internet for months by a software developer working on a project. No one would have even known about it if the leak hadn’t been found by a guy with “too much time on his hands.” Before you give your personal or health insurance…
While investigating ransomware incident, ABCD Pediatrics uncovers evidence of other intrusion; more than 55,000 patients notified
ABCD Pediatrics, PA (“ABCD”) is committed to providing quality pediatric healthcare in the San Antonio area. Our mission is to provide the best care, to each patient, every time. With that being said, ABCD is writing to inform you about an incident that may have affected its patients’ protected health information. This notification is made…