The Epsilon breach, covered extensively on DataBreaches.net, just got worse. Yesterday, 12 days after they were notified of the breach by Epsilon, GlaxoSmithKline sent out notifications. Emphasis added by me, below: From: “gskconsumerhealthcare@e.gsk-answers.com” <gskconsumerhealthcare@e.gsk-answers.com> Date: April 16, 2011 1:30:36 PM EDT To: [redacted] Subject: An Important Message from GSK Consumer Healthcare Reply-To: “gskconsumerhealthcare@e.gsk-answers.com” Dear GlaxoSmithKline…
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CT: MidState Medical Center informs 93,500 patients of data breach
Greg Bordonaro reports: MidState Medical Center has begun sending letters to 93,500 patients whose personal information may have been compromised following the accidental loss of a computer hard drive, the hospital said in a letter to employees Tuesday. The misplaced hard drive, which has not yet been recovered, contains patient’s names, addresses, birthdates, social security…
Dutch Senate rejects electronic patients’ records
Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports: The Dutch Senate has unanimously rejected Health Minister Edith Schippers’ plan to introduce the Electronic Patient Dossier (EPD) nationwide. Under the scheme, people’s medical records would have been available to doctors and other health professionals throughout the country. However, the senators decided that the planned system’s security was not good enough…
And the hits just keep on coming for Epsilon
Note: CBS reports that the Secret Service is investigating the Epsilon breach. If you receive a phishing attempt that you want to report to the Secret Service, email phishing-report@us-cert.gov. You can also file a report at http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx. I’ll add businesses to the list of affected customers as I become aware of them, so check back if…
AHF: Breach of Porn Actors’ Data Reveals Failure of AIM Clinic Testing Model
The following is a press release from AHF: After over 12,000 current and former adult film performers who tested for HIV and other STDs at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation’s (AIM) HIV Testing Clinic in Sherman Oaks had their privacy breached when their personal data collected from AIM was published illegally on a Wiki-leaks…
Eisenhower Medical Center Reports Theft of Computer and Television
Via PRNewswire: RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eisenhower Medical Center (EMC) has implemented additional security procedures and protocols to help ensure patient privacy and security after a hospital computer and a television were stolen in a burglary on Friday, March 11. The computer was password protected but not encrypted. It contained an…