Update of January 18: After four requests, this site finally received a response from Facebook. According to a spokesperson: We were able to look into this and based on our review, there is no evidence that these credentials were exposed as a result of a Facebook breach, and we found that very few entries match…
DJO Global Notifies St. Rose Dominican Patients of Potential Breach of Personal Information
January 5, 2018 – DJO Global, Inc., a global provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, announced today that on September 25, 2017 DJO discovered an incident involving the potential disclosure of certain personal information of individuals who received a DJO Global product from the Siena, San Martin or De…
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Notice to Medicaid Patients of a Data Security Incident
January 5, 2018 – Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSUCHS) takes the privacy and security of our patients’ information very seriously. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an incident in which some Medicaid patient information may have been compromised. On November 7, 2017, we learned an unauthorized third party had gained access to folders…
Florida officials: Hack exposed 30K Medicaid patients’ files
Jesse Byrne reports: Hackers might have accessed the medical records and other personal information of tens of thousands of Medicaid recipients in November, Florida official announced late Friday. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) said in a press release reported by The Associated Press that one of its employees was the “victim of a malicious phishing…
UK: Record fines for company, senior staff and private investigators involved in illegal trade in personal information
A firm of loss adjusters has been fined £50,000 for unlawfully disclosing personal data which had been obtained illegally by senior employees and rogue private investigators. A director and a senior member of staff at Kent-based Woodgate and Clark Ltd have also been sentenced to record financial penalties, along with the private investigators involved. The…
Former Island Health nurse suspended over privacy breach
Jason Proctor reports: B.C.’s college of registered nurses has handed a 30-day suspension to a nurse who accessed the private medical records of 74 Vancouver Island Health Authority patients without permission. The health authority fired Jennifer Goodman after the breach came to light. Although the incidents occurred during 2013 and 2014, the nurse’s college only…