First it was Kaspersky. Then it was BitDefender Portugal. Today it’s F-Secure, but no personal data was accessible. F-Secure posted a response on their site: […] During the last few days a Romanian group has been doing SQL injection attacks on several security vendor’s websites and early this morning they hit us. One of our…
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IE: Red faces as health records dumped in North
Ciaran Byrne reports: The Data Protection Commissioner confirmed last night that medical notes found dumped in the North clearly identify 16 Irish hospital patients. An investigation has been launched into how the sensitive notes came to be dumped in a laneway in Co Derry. The Data Protection Commissioner said the notes identify the people involved…
Walter Reed admits breach of patient information
Officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are investigating how the personal information of 1,000 former patients was left unsecured on a hospital computer. Hospital officials said they were notified of the breach on May 21 by an outside company. Few details are available, but investigators say the information may have been disclosed via a…
Ie: Privacy – for dead patient
Ian McGuinness writes in the Irish Medical Times: The Health Service Executive tried to argue that it had to protect the right to privacy of a deceased patient, the Information Commissioner has revealed. Ms Emily O’Reilly explained the situation in her recent Annual Report for 2007. Without giving the name of the hospital, Ms O’Reilly…