Back in July, I reported that LabMD had unsuccessfully attempted to sue Tiversa in Georgia for allegedly stealing its property. At issue was a file containing PHI on 1,718 patients that Tiversa had downloaded as part of a research project after the file was exposed via P2P software on LabMD’s system. In its 2009 press release…
Lawsuit against HHS seeks overturn of restriction on refill reminder programs, cites Sorrell
I came across this press release from inVentiv Health and think it’s of interest because of the intersection of privacy and protected speech: Adheris, Inc., an inVentiv Health company, filed suit today against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking a federal court to enjoin the government from implementing a new regulation that…
Hackers publish 165,000 Israelis’ information
Ilan Gattegno reports: A pro-Syrian hacking group breached Israeli and American websites and released the personal information of over 165,000 Israelis. The biggest breach, part of an organized cyberattack on numerous websites over the past few days, was in a website that offered web hosting services. The breached site provided all information on its users,…
VA: Personal data for 13,000 state workers inadvertently released
Annie McCallum reports: Personal data for 13,000 state employees was inadvertently sent to 11 state human resource and payroll employees. The personal information included employee names and Social Security numbers, according to a statement from Anne Waring, Virginia Department of Human Resource Management communications manager. The department was notified by Conexis, Anthem’s subcontractor for Flexible…
AnonGhost 165k Israel Leak insight, Leak looks FAKE
It appears today that Techworm.in has fallen for another one of AnonGhosts False leaks. The most recent leak, published here, is claimed to be from webmasters accounts from israel yet the data is conflicting . here is what i have found so far without being able to check old archives for exact matches. So here…
ICS Collection Service, Inc. press release on data breach affecting University of Chicago Physicians Group patients
ICS Collection Service, Inc. (“ICS”) is a debt collection agency specializing in recovering aged debt from individuals (“debtors”) on behalf of healthcare and commercial entities (“clients” or “creditors”), including University of Chicago Physicians Group (“UCPG”). ICS had previously contracted with UCPG for collection and address verification services. While the contract had been terminated before the potential breach…