The previously reported March 2014 hack involving StayWell Health‘s subcontractor Onsite Health Diagnostics also affected employees of Staples in Massachusetts. The office supply firm notified HHS that 3,470 of their employees were affected. HHS’s log does not indicate when Staples reported the incident to them. As reported previously on this blog, other entities affected by…
Update: Duke University Health System breach
Just a small update: According to its submission to HHS, the stolen thumb drive contained PHI on 10,993 patients. Ouch.
After Breach, JPMorgan Still Seeks to Determine Extent of Attack
Nicole Perlroth and Matthew Goldstein report: The headache caused by the attack on JPMorgan Chase’s computer network this summer may not go away anytime soon. Over two months, hackers gained entry to dozens of the bank’s servers, said three people with knowledge of the bank’s investigation into the episode who spoke on the condition of…
Tampa General Hospital employee accessed personal patient information
TBO reports: Tampa General Hospital terminated an employee who improperly accessed the personal information of 675 patients. Without authorization, the employee accessed single-page cover sheets that included patient names, addresses, birthdays, diagnoses and insurers, a hospital official said. Some of the sheets included social security numbers. The hospital is not sure what happened to all…
NY: Saks workers caught binge shopping with customer cards
Jamie Schram and Bob Fredericks report: A crew of Saks Fifth Avenue employees was busted after they charged at least $400,000 worth of luxury shoes, handbags and other items using customers’ stolen credit card numbers, authorities said Wednesday. Six workers at the Midtown fashion Mecca swiped credit card data from 22 customers in a spending…
With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce
A really thought-provoking piece on Vox this week, written by a biologist who used 23andMe – and had his parents use it, too. To his surprise, he discovered he had a half-sibling. And the revelation broke his family apart. Read the story on Vox.