California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) has fined nine hospitals this year for failure to prevent unauthorized access to patient medical information, as required by Section 1280.15 of California’s Health and Safety Code. The fines were issued for breaches reported in previous years. Frustratingly, the state’s web page that reports the penalties and underlying reports…
Ex-Army inspector denies accusations he stole troops’ IDs
I waited to post this one until I could get a copy of the indictment. 10TV reported: A former Fort Campbell inspector whose job was to investigate misconduct has been charged with stealing the identities of fellow Army personnel, including a soldier who had been killed in combat. Acting U.S. Attorney David Rivera in Nashville…
Quayside breach update
It seems that the breach notification letter received by residents of New Hampshire may have contained more information than the letter received by Vermont residents. In a letter dated June 21 (the same date as the letter quoted here), Quayside added a statement that there were 639 orders affecting 532 customers, from all areas combined,…
San Jose Medical Supply reports insider breach; sues former employees and two competitors
There are some details I routinely look for in breach reports. So when I saw a breach report yesterday that indicated the breach occurred in August 2011 and wasn’t discovered until June 27, 2013, it caught my eye. According to a letter sent this week to affected customers and patients, San Jose Medical Supply Company…
Federal judge allows organizations to file amicus briefs concerning Wyndham’s motion to dismiss FTC lawsuit
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A federal court judge in New Jersey on Wednesday agreed to allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations to seek the dismissal of a closely watched data breach lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Read more on Computerworld. I’ve previously uploaded and covered some…
Lawsuit alleges blood bank shared donor information without consent (updated)
A Florida man who was a compensated blood plasma donor is suing the firm where he donated blood for sharing his information with a third party firm that sent him text messages urging him to donate again. DCI Biologicals is an FDA-regulated business that has dozens of blood collection centers around the country. Potential donors…