This is not the first time we’ve seen a cleaning crew accidentally improperly dispose of patient records, but I do like Allina Health’s response to this incident to prevent recurrences. February 23 – This announcement is regarding a privacy incident that occurred at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, located at 800 E 28thSt., Minneapolis,…
Under the right to information law, Aadhaar data breaches will remain a state secret
All one billion Aadhaar records could be hacked and stolen, and the government wouldn’t have to disclose it or answer any questions about it? Anumeha Yadav explains that Section 6 of the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations says: The Aadhaar number of an individual shall not be published, displayed or posted publicly by any person or entity or agency….
Has W-2 fraud overtaken healthcare as the most lucrative target for cyber-criminals?
Michael Bruemmer, a vice president with the Experian Data Breach Resolution group, poses a question about whether W-2 fraud has become the most lucrative target for criminals when attacking the healthcare sector. But the data he points to – some of which is based on the work DataBreaches.net is doing with Steve Ragan of Salted Hash,…
Mossack Fonseca founders still under arrest as Panama Papers firm quits New Zealand
I haven’t provided any updates on this in a while, but Neil Camilleri provides a good update to events in the Panama Papers case on The Malta Independent. Did you know that Mossack and Fonseca had been arrested three weeks ago? The arrests, in Panama City, were linked to Brazil’s so-called ‘Operation Car Wash’ which exposed massive…
Data of 750 Patients Breached in Computer Theft at Sharp Healthcare
Cassia Pollock reports: The personal health information of more than 750 outpatients at Sharp Healthcare might have been compromised because of a computer theft, the San Diego-based medical care provider announced Friday. In a statement, Sharp said a computer and external storage device were discovered missing on Feb. 6 from a locked cabinet in an access-controlled patient…
Hackers attack Pa. Senate Democrats’ computer system with Ransomware
Jan Murphy reports: A cyberattack forced the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus to shutdown its computer system on Friday, according to a statement from the caucus’ leader Sen. Jay Costa. The Ransomware attack, discovered early Friday morning, delivered malware to computers throughout the network, making its systems and data inaccessible to caucus members and employees throughout…