Kirk Mitchell reports: A laptop computer with patient medical information has been stolen from a little medical business called Colorado Neurodiagnostics, police say. The laptop contains data including patient names, dates of birth and clinical information, according to Kari Hershey, Littleton police spokeswoman. No Social Security numbers, financial information, addresses, or phone numbers were on…
Radiologist bypasses billing system computer security and acquires 97,000 patients’ info from NRAD Medical Associates
Usually when I see an envelope from NRAD Medical Associates, P.C. in my mail, it concerns a radiology bill or insurance matter following services there. But today, I opened the envelope to find a breach notification. Their notification, signed by their president, vice-president, and secretary-treasuresr, begins with the now somewhat pro forma statement about how they are seriously committed to the privacy…
Radiologist bypasses billing system computer security and acquires 97,000 patients’ info from NRAD Medical Associates – Update 4
Posting this here temporarily as phiprivacy.net is experiencing some problems. Usually when I see an envelope from NRAD Medical Associates, P.C. in my mail, it concerns a radiology bill or insurance matter following services there. But today, I opened the envelope to find a breach notification. Their notification, signed by their president, vice-president, and secretary-treasuresr, begins with the now somewhat…
NYC parents of school children: wake up and speak up to protect your child’s information!
Several years ago, I wrote to the NYC Comptroller’s Office and asked them to re-audit the NYC Department of Education on information technology/data security. To my knowledge, they haven’t done so. If you are a parent of a student in the NYC schools, this should concern you because the previous audit and two re-audits showed…
NY: East Quogue Union Free School District – audit
I’ve occasionally posted audits of school districts in New York State conducted by the NYS Comptroller’s Office. Yesterday, Comptroller DiNapoli released some new audits yesterday. One of them involved an audit of information technology at the East Quogue Union Free School District in Suffolk County. The audit covered the period July 1, 2012 — August 31,…
Inside a VA breach investigation
A breach involving the Denver VA center was reported in the VA’s most recent monthly report to Congress. I’m including it here because it shows how thorough the VA can be in investigating breaches – and how time-consuming and labor-intensive it can be when someone neglects security measures like a cable: Incident Summary Two biomedical device laptops were…