Jasmine Pennic reports: 68 percent of all healthcare data breaches since 2010 are due to device theft or loss, according to the 2014 Healthcare Breach Report from Bitglass. Despite the recent headlines of hacker attacks to hospitals, only 23 percent of healthcare data breaches were a result of cybercriminals compromising networks and exfiltrating data. The findings come…
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Chinese engineer to plead guilty in theft of GE Healthcare trade secrets
Bruce Vielmetti reports: A Chinese engineer charged with stealing trade secrets and confidential information from a GE Healthcare subsidiary in Waukesha has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jun Xie, 41, will plead guilty to one count of stealing trade secrets, according to federal court records. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years…
Update: Former Medical Assistant at Gastroenterology Consultants Sentenced For Stealing Patients’ Identities From The Memorial Healthcare System Database
La Toya Yvette Tillman, 33, of Hollywood, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Tillman previously pled guilty to one count of possessing fifteen or more unauthorized access devices with the intent to defraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3), and one count…
PHI accidentally exposed during webinar for healthcare providers
Here’s one we probably won’t see on HHS’s breach tool. Xerox State Healthcare has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that during a training session they conducted with the New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services on August 14, they accidentally exposed protected health information on five New Hampshire residents for 7 seconds via projection and webinar. The…
Government itself tries to hack HealthCare.gov
Associated Press reports: The government’s own watchdogs tried to hack into HealthCare.gov earlier this year and found what they termed a critical vulnerability — but also came away with respect for some of the health insurance site’s security features. Those are among the conclusions of a report released today by the Health and Human Services…
GAO releases second report this week on Healthcare.gov
GAO released yet another report on Healthcare.gov on this week (the first one was noted here). From the highlights: Enrollment through Healthcare.gov is supported by the exchange of information among many systems and entities. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has overall responsibility for key information…