Dan Munro writes: There’s no shortage of advocates on behalf of the “free your health data” movement. The keywords, of course, are “ your,” “health data” and “free” (as in donating your health data for the global benefit of clinical research). The latest demand was an article that appeared last week in Wired ? You Should…
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NC: Central Dermatology Center notifies patients after discovering malware had been inserted in their system in 2012
Central Dermatology Center (“Central”) announced on November 7, 2014 that on September 25, 2014 it became aware that one of its servers had been compromised by malicious software (“malware”). Central immediately consulted with forensic IT experts to identify and remove the malware and determine exactly what information on the server may have been accessed. The…
FL: Defendant Convicted In Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Medical Patients’ Personal Identifying Information
Kenol Augustin, 36, of Miami, was convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b). Sentencing is scheduled for January 15, 2015. At sentencing, Augustin faces up to five years in prison. According to court documents and evidence presented…
SC: State employee who stole over 220,000 Medicaid patients' information sentenced
There’s an update to a large insider breach in April 2012 involving South Carolina’s Dept. of Health and Human Services Medicaid database. Christopher Lykes, who was indicted in February 2013 and pleaded guilty in October 2013, has been sentenced to 3 years of probation and 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty to 4 counts of unlawful…
NL: Health insurance company botches patient satisfaction survey
DutchNews.nl reports: Health insurance company Zilveren Kruis has apologised to policyholders after sending them a survey about their hospital treatment using the details of another patient. The mistake meant policyholders received a form containing the initials and surname, hospital department and length of treatment of someone else. The forms did not include details of the…
Florida man convicted in sale of mental health patient data
Time to play “Now Which Breach Was This and Did We Know About It?” Wisly Toussaint, of Miami, Florida, was convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b), two counts of access device fraud, in violation of Title…