West Briton reports: Medical notes have been found on clear display in a car which was parked in a residential street for almost a week. Mark Atkins said he and other residents of Lowen Bre near Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske had been fed up with vehicles being parked in their street. But when he looked…
San Francisco General investigates security breach involving patient records
Erin Allday reports: A former UCSF doctor who worked at San Francisco General Hospital from 2005 to 2013 wrongfully removed copies of patient records from the medical center, public health officials said Friday. UCSF reported the security breach to the San Francisco Department of Public Health on Feb. 13. The incident is under investigation and authorities don’t yet know…
SLU Hospital nurse’s Facebook page hacked, names of patients with HIV/AIDS released
Brittany Noble-Jones and Adam McDonald report: St. Louis University Hospital officials say they are investigating an incident after 27 patients’ names who allegedly have HIV/AIDS were posted on a female employee’s social media page. During the investigation, officials say they discovered the information posted on the employee’s Facebook page was not posted by the employee…
Law firm becomes victim of cryptolocker
Ziprick and Cramer LLP are notifying clients after some of their files were locked up by cryptoware.
Bank of America Claims Victim “Benefited” From Identity Theft
From the financial-chutzpah dept.: Bank of America allegedly refuses to reverse an identity theft victim’s bank charges, claiming that she — wait for it — benefited from the withdrawn (read: stolen) funds: Van Valer said they made her feel responsible for the fraud. Initially, the bank reversed $21,000 of fraudulent charges but it refuses to…
Anti-Israeli hackers target Louisiana’ Rapides Parish Police Jury, Bank websites
Waqas writes: The online hacktivist AnonGhost is on a hacking spree with targeting websites of top law enforcement agencies in the United States. A couple of days ago the hacktivists hacked the official website of Larimer County Sheriff’s Office not once but twice in a week. Today, the same group has hacked and defaced the official website of state of Louisiana’s Rapides Parish…