Josh Wright reports: The loss of medical information relating to as many as 50 patients has sparked fears about the security of people’s private records. Personal details belonging to between 11 and 50 patients of the trust which were kept on a notepad were stolen along with a laptop belonging to a Poole-based employee of…
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New Orangeworm attack group targets the healthcare sector in the U.S., Europe, and Asia – Symantec
There’s a new report out from Symantec that is somewhat worrying. Symantec has identified a previously unknown group called Orangeworm that has been observed installing a custom backdoor called Trojan.Kwampirs within large international corporations that operate within the healthcare sector in the United States, Europe, and Asia. First identified in January 2015, Orangeworm has also…
NC: Healthcare employee gave patient information to fraud suspects, police say
WSOC reports: Patients’ Social Security numbers, dates of birth and names were all handed over to fraud suspects by a Carolina Digestive Health Associates employee. In their search warrant, police said she admitted to sharing around 100 people’s personal information to fraud suspects. She also agreed to let detectives check her phone, and the warrant…
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare notifies 2,100 sleep center patients of medical record breach
Elizabeth Simpson reports: Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is notifying 2,100 patients from the hospital’s sleep center program that some of their electronic health information might have been compromised. Two portable hard drives were reported missing from the hospital’s sleep center on Feb. 6, which prompted contacting law enforcement, according to a Friday news release from the…
Ministry Of Health Issues Draft For Healthcare Security Act; Warns Of Five Year Jail, $6,164 Fine On Healthcare Data Breach
Bhumika Khatri reports: In a silent yet tough stance towards data breach, the central government of India has released a draft of Healthcare Security Law under Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) and has invited comments from stakeholders and readers on the same before April 21. In the draft document shared, the Ministry of…
Medical and personal information on 33,420 BJC HealthCare patients left exposed on Internet
By Blythe Bernhard A security breach at BJC HealthCare left personal information on 33,420 patients potentially available to the public, a company spokeswoman said today. The patients’ medical records, names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, medical and insurance information were accessible through the Internet from May 9, 2017,…