Verizon has released the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). You can download the Executive Summary here and the full report here. The DBIR analyzes data from 19 organizations — covering more than 47,000 reported security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches from the past year. Because VZ has the cooperation of so many organizations,…
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Glens Falls Hospital and business associate sued over patient records exposure breach
Scott Waldman reports that Glens Falls Hospital has been sued over the patient record exposure breach caused by its business associate, Portal Healthcare Solutions. I had previously discussed this breach, here. The lawsuit was filed as a potential class action lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Saratoga County yesterday on behalf of Dara Halliday and…
Lawmaker Slams Veterans Administration for 'Big Brother' Surveillance
Bryant Jordan reports: The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee has filed legislation requiring Department of Veterans Affairs’ hospital personnel to have the consent of a patient or other authorized party before setting up surveillance cameras in the veteran’s room. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., said in a statement Thursday his “Veterans Privacy Act” is…
UK: Torbay patients' medical records found on Dawlish road
This is happening too damned frequently. BBC reports that eight Torbay Hospital patients’ confidential medical records were found on a busy street in Devon. The records were in two courier bags found by a woman on the A379 yesterday afternoon. Both the Royal Devon and Exeter (RD&E) Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South Devon Healthcare…
Glens Falls Hospital alerts patients of possible information breach
Jon Alexander reports: The medical records of more than 2,300 Glens Falls Hospital patients were stored for more than four months on an unprotected computer server, and the hospital’s investigation into whether the sensitive information was illicitly accessed is ongoing. The hospital announced Thursday that a forensic audit determined that an outside records contractor, Portal…
UK: Not to be outdone in lax security, Royal Oldham Hospital also has a breach involving patient records
Patients at Royal Bolton Hospital aren’t the only U.K. patients to recently have their confidential information wind up in a street. Matt Mears of CapitalFM reports that information on 16 pediatric patients at Royal Oldham Hospital was found more than 40 miles away in Liverpool. C’mon, folks, get it together. This type of lax security…