Max Roll reports: Around 4,400 people were recently sent letters by St. Mary’s Medical Center informing them of a cyber attack on several hospital employees’ email accounts that happened in January, according to Randy Capehart, St. Mary’s spokesperson. Hackers gained access to health information contained in the emails, according to Capehart. Patient information was compromised,…
Australia’s charges against Anonymous member accused of government hack changing again
Violet Blue reports: On March 11, Adam Bennett — the radio voice of Anonymous, LoraxLive who was arrested last year for alleged computer crimes — will finally learn what he’s being charged with. This had been expected to happen this week. Instead, at the last minute, Australian Commonwealth prosecutors — for the third time since…
Secret Recording Program Nationwide At VA Medical Care Centers
Benjamin Krause writes: Under the auspices of health care quality improvement, VA medical care centers across the nation are now secretly recording veterans’ appointments with their doctors. The practice started at two Illinois VA facilities connected with VISN 12, Edward Hines VA Medical Center and Jessie Brown Medical Center. Doctors at these two VA medical care facilities agreed…
Medical device surveillance on the horizon
Joe Carlson reports: Thousands of people around the world have been exposed to toxic chemicals generated by their metal hip implants. Similarly, many patients have contracted infections from pieces of implanted mesh used in hernia-repair surgery, even though materials less prone to causing complications were available. […] That’s why harnessing the potential of data on…
Briton arrested over hack into U.S. Department of Defense
Michael Holden reports: British detectives have arrested a man suspected of being part of a group which hacked into the U.S. Department of Defense last year, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday. The NCA said the 23-year-old, arrested in Sutton Coldfield in central England on Wednesday, is accused of taking part in the…
OPM OIG: Anthem snubbed our security audits before and after enormous hack attack
Shaun Nichols reports: A year or so before American health insurer Anthem admitted it had been ruthlessly ransacked by hackers, a US federal watchdog had offered to audit the giant’s computer security – but was rebuffed. And, after miscreants looted Anthem’s servers and accessed up to 88.8 million private records, the watchdog again offered to audit the insurer’s systems, and…