Josh Cross reports: Files containing personal information for up to 8,000 individuals who visited a local health care center since 2005 were on a laptop that was stolen from a Hendersonville home in August. The computer, which was issued to a member of Hope Family Health’s finance department, was taken during a burglary Aug. 4…
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Updates to HHS's breach tool
HHS has updated its public breach tool again. Let’s start with the ones we already knew about: The Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC breach involving a laptop lost in February affected 7,405. The patient data theft involving an employee at South Shore Physicians in New York resulted in notification to 8,000, although the employee was charged with stealing 80…
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center notifying patients after laptop stolen from audiology department
We’re finding out about some healthcare sector breaches from state attorneys general sooner than from HHS, it seems. Sometime during the weekend of September 14 – 15, a laptop with unencrypted patient information was stolen from the Audiology Department at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The theft was discovered on September 16. The laptop, which…
21st Century Oncology employee stole patient information for tax refund fraud scheme – feds
Here’s one we may not see on HHS’s public breach list, depending on how many patients were involved. 21st Century Oncology Services, an affiliate of Peninsula Cancer Care Center and 21st Century Oncology of Maryland, notified the Maryland Attorney General in July that they had been informed by federal law enforcement of an insider breach…
Medical Info for Sale Online
A report by Tisha Thompson and Rick Yarborough of the News4 I-Team makes a good point – that even when people know their PII is floating around or may be on black markets, they often have no clue their medical information or insurance information is also for sale on underground markets.The team interviewed one of the…
MNsure data security breach prompts new bill
Catherine Richert of Minnesota Public Radio reports: A data security breach at the state’s new online insurance marketplace has prompted two members of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation to write a bill designed to prevent confidential information from being leaked again. Starting Oct. 1, uninsured Minnesotans will be using MNsure to purchase health insurance, and they’ll have…