The newest additions to HHS’s breach tool reveals more breaches I hadn’t known about previously: Wolf & Yun in Kentucky reported that 824 patients were affected by a laptop theft on April 24th. A public notice on the breach posted in the Courier-Journal on July 20 explains: Public Notice Information on the limited theft of…
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HHS updates breach tool
HHS has added 17 incidents to its breach tool. Some of the incidents we already knew about, but here are the ones that are new to me or that add new details: Awklein ,CA,,”2,000″,2/1/2011,Theft,Other,6/8/2012,, I cannot find any information on this breach via a Google search. “Stephen Haggard, DPM Podiatry”,WA,,”1,597″,3/4/2012,Theft,Network Server,6/8/2012,, Dr. Haggard published a…
U.S. Medical ID Theft Cost Jumps To $41 Billion
Kelly Jackson Higgins writes: If you are victimized by medical identity theft, chances are you will foot the bill for the fraudulent charges, a new survey finds. The Ponemon Institute’s Third Annual National Study on Medical Identity Theft, which was commissioned by Experian, found that 45 percent of medical ID theft victims end up paying…
CT: Update – Attorney General's investigation into MidState data breach over
Jesse Buchanan reports: State Attorney General George Jepson has ended an investigation into last year’s data breach at MidState Medical Center and hasn’t called for any further action. MidState informed the public in April of last year that 93,500 patients’ files were downloaded onto a hard drive at Hartford Hospital by an employee who took…
300,000 Personal Details Leaked, 38 Sites Hacked For #ProjectDragonFly
@TeamGhostShell (TGS) leader, @deadmellox has just tipped us off to another huge leak that is on the same scale as the last chinese leak from TGS. The most recent attack is mainly on Taiwan based websites with some other sites being attacked to. The leak contains a fairly detailed message as well as links to individual pastes that contain…
AU: Privacy commissioner to regulate eHealth system
Stephanie McDonald reports: The federal government’s new eHealth system will be regulated against privacy breaches by the privacy commissioner and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The eHealth system, which went live July 1, will initially include basic information, with healthcare professionals adding to the system, such as medications prescribed and allergies. The…