Michele McCormack of CBS reports: The Medical College of Wisconsin is contacting hundreds of people after a patient privacy breach. A spokesperson says a document containing private information on approximately 400 patients and a laptop with information on one patient were stolen. It happened when somebody broke into a doctor’s car. There is no statement…
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IL: Medical Files of Suburban Lung Associates Patients Found In Filefax Dumpster
Dave Savini reports: A massive breach of medical records containing confidential personal information has prompted both federal and state investigations. It all started when CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini got a tip about what a dumpster diver found in the trash. Suburban Lung Associates has numerous offices affiliated with major hospitals. Charts belonging to their…
Hospital Corporation of America sued over Aventura Hospital breach
Monica Pais reports: The operators of Aventura Hospital in Miami failed to safeguard patient records, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and exposure of their personal health information, a class claims in court. In a complaint filed in Miami Federal Court, named plaintiff Kellie Lynn Case says she is one of thousands of current and…
Legal liabilities in recent data breach extend far beyond Anthem
Joseph Conn reports: The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month. The plans could find…
Legal liabilities in recent data breach extend far beyond Anthem
Joseph Conn reports: The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month. The plans could find…
It may look good, but that data breach report is not necessarily accurate
Two analyses of data breaches in 2014 have been released within the past month. One is Gemalto’s annual Breach Level Index report (pdf), which is based on 1,541 breach reports resulting in 1,023,108,267 breached records. The other is Risk Based Security’s Data Breach Quick View (pdf), which is based on 3,014 incidents exposing 1,068,191,345 records. How can an analysis that…