Kevin Ma reports: An emergency room doctor from St. Albert has been suspended for at least a month because she illegally tapped into restricted medical files. The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta announced this week that it had found Deanne “Dee” Gayle Watrich, an emergency room doctor and a St. Albert resident, to…
Two HIPAA breaches involving Mid America Health that flew under the media radar
Back on January 3, I blogged about three breach reports I had stumbled across in December. One of them involved an undated substitute notice from Mid America Health concerning a stolen laptop. I had e-mailed Mid America Health in December to ask when the breach had occurred and for more details, but they did not respond to my inquiry…
Official Mcdonald’s Austria, Taiwan & Korea Hacked. Over 200k Credentials Leaked
Turkish Ajan hacker group member Maxney has been at it again this time taking sights to fast food giant McDonald’s (again). Maxn3y and another hacker using the handle xXM3HM3TXx have breached the official sites for Austria (https://mcdonalds.at/), Taiwan (https://mcdonalds.com.tw/) and as a result over 200,000 credentials from various parts of the sites have been leaked via file sharing site speedyshare.com…
How Private Data Became Public on Amazon’s Cloud
Jordan Robertson reports: Companies that use Amazon’s popular cloud computing service have accidentally disclosed confidential information including sales records and source code, highlighting the risks of moving sensitive data to the Web, according to new research. Rapid7, a Boston-based security firm, said in a report released today that it found more than 126 billion files…
A Privacy Law Often Misinterpreted
Paul Spahn writes: … Hipaa (sic) protects the patient, not the institution or the provider. And the patient can informally agree to share her health care information with her family, with friends, with anyone she chooses. The act doesn’t limit that disclosure to “next of kin,” a phrase fading from use, or to the person…
Patient records found outside an evicted dental clinic in Detroit
Here we go again: After Kelly Plaza Dental Clinic in Detroit received an eviction notice shutting them down, someone cleaned out the premises. Thrown in a dumpster were boxes with patients’ unshredded records that included Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, bank account information, and of course, dental records. Read more on ClickOnDetroit.