Oops — I meant to post this a few days ago, but just discovered it still sitting in the drafts folder… Gavin Clarke reports: Splunk, a kind of Google for business technology that boasts it can help re-enforce your security, has exposed the accounts of major customers to hackers following a web site slip up….
Please, stop cancelling my health card!
Donovan Vincent reports: Teresa Lawrence is sick of all the problems she’s had with her Ontario health card. Since October, the Toronto woman has had the card cancelled several times in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Each time there was a mix-up she was later assured the problem had been rectified. […] The cards…
Proposal: All New Yorkers Become Organ Donors
Organ donation has become a vital way to save lives around the world, but a vast shortage of donors continues to mean people are losing their lives while on waiting lists. But there is a unique proposal that could change all that. New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky nearly lost his daughter, Willie, at 4…
OH: Nurse Accused Of Using Patient Information To Obtain Painkillers
A nurse was out of a job on Wednesday, after she was under criminal investigation, accused of stealing a patient’s identity and using it to obtain narcotics. Stacy Whisner was fired from the Stoneridge Clinic in Dublin, a facility associated with the Ohio State University’s James Cancer Clinic, 10TV’s Lindsey Seavert reported. Police said Whisner,…
Montana Tech Takes Precautionary Measures Following Email Release Of Personal Data
From their announcement: Montana Tech of the University of Montana administrators are notifying students and alumni whose personal information was released in an e-mail message sent out to the Montana Tech campus community late last week. On April 22, 2010, an email message containing sensitive personal information such as name, social security number, address, phone…
The Medical Center at Bowling Green Notifies Patients of Breach of Protected Health Information
From their press release: The Medical Center is currently notifying 5,418 patients of a breach of personal protected health information. The breach involves the theft of computer equipment from The Medical Center’s Mammography Suite containing information on patients who underwent bone density testing at The Medical Center between 1997 and 2009. We have no reason…