Nathan D. Taylor writes: Last year, Vermont amended its security breach notification law to join the growing list of states that require notice to the state attorney general or other state regulator regarding security breaches. Unlike other states, Vermont offered businesses two options with respect to how and when notice must be provided to the…
Update: Former employee and one other person indicted in connection with Medicaid database breach
Back in April 2012, there was a large insider breach involving South Carolina’s Dept. of Health and Human Services Medicaid database. Today, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the employee and a second person have been indicted: Christopher R. Lykes, Jr. (DOB 06/02/1975, Swansea, SC) was indicted for four (4) counts of willful…
Journalist uncovers hospital data breaches in France
Winston J. Maxwell writes: An article published by specialist healthcare news website Actusoins has revealed data breaches at several French hospitals and clinics, demonstrating that such incidents can occur even in a highly regulated jurisdiction. The journalist was researching another article and entered the name of a physician into Google. She was astonished to find, at…
Medical assistant stole patient information for insurance fraud scheme – investigators
Another insider breach at a Florida medical practice for a fraud scheme; this time it’s insurance fraud. WFTV reports that Selina Rodriguez, a medical assistant formerly employed at Mid-Florida Urological Associates, illegally accessed patient records from Orlando Health, which operates hospitals in the Orlando area, including Orlando Regional Medical Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Winnie…
Dutch MP who hacked into medical file system to make point about security fined by court
Loek Essers reports: Dutch Member of Parliament (MP) Henk Krol was fined ¬750 (US$1,000) by the district court of Oost-Brabant on Friday for breaking and entering the system of the Dutch medical laboratory Diagnostics for You. Krol said he entered the system as an ethical hacker to show that it was easy to access and…
Mortonhall ashes data stolen from charity office
More grief and anguish for parents of dead babies. David McCann reports: Sensitive documents linked to the babies’ ashes scandal at Mortonhall Crematorium have been stolen in a raid on offices of the bereavement charity which exposed the malpractice. Thieves stole a laptop containing the personal details of families affected by the controversy unearthed in…