[CORRECTION and APOLOGY: The original headline for this post incorrectly identified the defendants as “Border Patrol Agents.” They are not. The complaint was filed against a number of defendants, including “Two Unknown United States Customs and Border Protection Supervising Agents; United States Customs and Border Protection Agent Portillo and United States Customs and Border Protection Agent Herrera.”…
Laptop containing some Tennova patient info stolen from contractor's car
WBIR reports that 2,777 patients referred to Tennova Cardiology by Summit Medical Group in Tennessee are being notified that their PHI was on a laptop stolen from the car of an unnamed third-party transcription contractor. The theft occurred October 22. The information on the stolen laptop may include names, dates of birth, referring physician names,…
Cards Stolen in Target Breach Flood Underground Markets
Brian Krebs remains all over the Target breach: Credit and debit card accounts stolen in a recent data breach at retail giant Target have been flooding underground black markets in recent weeks, selling in batches of one million cards and going for anywhere from $20 to more than $100 per card, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Prior…
Get customers' OK before auctioning off PHI, HHS lawyers tell MedLab
Anthony Brino writes: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act could end up halting parts of a laboratory company’s bankruptcy auction, if a federal judge in Delaware agrees with the Department of Health and Human Services. Lawyers for HHS filed a protective objection in Delaware bankruptcy court December 18, arguing that Laboratory Partners, Inc. [aka…
Washington Dept. Social & Health Services sends sensitive info to wrong addresses
Christine Claridge reports: The personal information of up to 7,000 households receiving assistance from the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) was sent in error to incorrect or old addresses, according the state Economic Services Administration (ESA). The administration confirmed in a news statement released Thursday that the private information of at least…
Washington Dept. Social & Health Services sends sensitive info to wrong addresses
Christine Claridge reports: The personal information of up to 7,000 households receiving assistance from the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) was sent in error to incorrect or old addresses, according the state Economic Services Administration (ESA). The administration confirmed in a news statement released Thursday that the private information of at least…