Remember that April breach report from Seattle University involving incorrectly set permissions in some folders in the university’s Microsoft Exchange folder system? Well, it turns out that wasn’t their only problem with folder permissions. On July 17, Seattle University’s external counsel notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that on May 25, the university became aware…
Insecure Communications Costly For Hospitals
Alison Diana reports: When a doctor treating a North Carolina nursing home patient asked a nurse to text the resident’s lab results, only the two authorized medical professionals saw the message — but the residential facility ended up paying a high price for using this inherently insecure messaging medium. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Turkish Man Extradited From The Republic Of Georgia Sentenced To More Than Nine Years For Computer Hacking And Identity Theft
An update on the case involving the hacking of the Se San Diego Hotel, although they don’t name the hotel in their press release: Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Alper Erdogan (35, a Turkish citizen residing in Baku, Azerbaijan) to nine years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit…
FL: Search warrant for medical records were sealed; they need to be opened for investigation but still protect the rights of patients
John Wesley Hall points to a case in Florida that may be of interest to this blog’s readers: Search warrants were used to obtain patient medical records of alleged illegal pain management clinics that implicated the privacy rights of the patients, and they were sealed, amounting to an order of suppression. The circuit court is…
Essentia Health in Fargo acknowledges 'breach of patient information'
Patrick Springer reports: FARGO – About 430 Essentia Health patients recently received notice of a “breach of patient information” resulting from a marketing firm’s involvement in promoting an education seminar for patients. A letter touting a “free educational event” was sent June 6 to patients suffering from lower back symptoms, inviting them to learn about…
UK: Dental patients' records stolen in burglary
Dan Cain reports: Patients of a dental surgery in Broadwater were informed confidential records had been stolen three months after the theft took place. Broadwater Gentle Dental in Broadwater Road, was burgled between 9.10pm on March 4 and 7.20am on March 5. Cain reports that the practice had only recently been taken over by Dr…