Mark McCullough reports: An unencrypted desktop computer containing personal information on 3,780 patients was stolen during a break-in at a Temple University physicians’ office in late July, the university said in a statement Thursday. The computer, in the department of surgery, contained files with patient information that could be used for identity theft, including name,…
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Potential Physicians Regional computer hacking victims report trouble getting identify theft help
Is it possible to really manage a massive breach well in terms of the sign-up for identity theft protection? It seems I frequently read complaints about overloaded phone lines. Here’s another one in the wake of the Community Health System breach that affected 4.5 million patients from over 200 covered entities: After getting a letter…
Ca: Donna Colbourne fined in Western Health privacy breach
CBC News reports: A former employee with Western Health was fined Thursday in a privacy breach at the hospital in Corner Brook. Donna Colbourne accessed more than 1,000 patient files at Western Memorial Regional Hospital while working there as an accounting clerk until 2012. Judge Kymil Howe, appearing by video conference from Stephenville, imposed a $5,000…
HHS corrects entry for LANAP & Implant Center breach
There’s been an interesting update to HHS’s breach tool for the entry concerning a breach reported by Dr. David DiGiallorenzo of the LANAP & Implant Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. I had first noted the breach in December 2013, and then provided an update here. When the breach was added to HHS’s breach tool, I noted the addition and commented on…
Update on Cottage Health System breach
In December 2013, I reported on a breach involving Cottage Health System. In their notification to patients, which I included in that post, Cottage Health indicated that about 32,500 patients had their information exposed when a vendor removed security controls on a server. That vendor was later identified as InSync. On September 4 of this year,…
HHS breach entries that leave us wondering
HHS’s public breach tool continues to provide evidence of breaches involving patient information, but unfortunately, we often don’t know the details. The following incidents were recorded on their breach tool, but I have been unable to find any public notices (substitute notices or press releases) or web site notifications. Indeed, some of the practitioners listed…