As regular readers may recall, I had raised some concerns about Henry Schein Dental claiming its Dentrix G5 product provided “encryption” after NIST had declared in 2013 that it wasn’t encryption but only weak data obfuscation. And I was pleased when Dentrix reconsidered their position after my blog post and decided to re-brand G5 as providing…
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Updates to HHS breach tool
HHS added a number of breaches to its public breach tool yesterday, including one from 2008. Here are the ones we already knew something about, linked to previous coverage on this blog: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Coulee Medical Center reported that 2,500 patients had their PHI improperly shared by the physician University of Pennsylvania Health…
Anonymous Italy starts #opCannabis and hacks state anti-drug websites
On Saturday 8th of February, Anonymous Italy initiated #opCannabis, in order to show their support for the demonstration for cannabis legislation reform held that day in Rome, calling for an end to cannabis prohibition and the persecution of users and growers. The first attack started on the 8th and targeted the website of the Italian drug…
U. Of Miami Health System sued over missing records, but is lawsuit a non-starter?
It seems like only yesterday we first learned of a breach involving the University of Miami Health System (UHealth) and an unnamed storage vendor. Oh, wait. It was. Notification letters went out to patients on or about February 3, and a potential class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Florida yesterday. Having skimmed the…
MN: Update to Olmstead Medical Center breach
The Post-Bulletin reports: Olmsted Medical Center is mailing letters today and Tuesday to about 500 former employees, alerting them to the possibility that their personal information might have been compromised in a data breach, according to OMC officials. Last week, OMC confirmed that current employee data had been taken. The ongoing investigation has not revealed…
Registration is open for the 4th International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy in Washington, D.C.
Register now for the 4th International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy on June 4-5, 2014, in DC. The annual Health Privacy Summit is a unique, inclusive event, which offers the only forum in the world for high-level, thoughtful discussions about the most urgent national and international health privacy issues and solutions. Every year, we aim…