The road to electronic health records is lined with data thieves

August 5th, 2011
The point: current data security and privacy are totally inadequate.

Re:Epsilon breach used four-month-old attack

April 13th, 2011
Epsilon, the world’s largest email service provider, did not respond to 4 month-old warnings that their systems were vulnerable to hackers trying to access...

HHS Withdraws Controversial Breach Notification Rule under HITECH

August 4th, 2010
HHS finally heard all the demands, and retracted the final rule for more consideration.

WSJ Exposes Web Tracking Truths

August 2nd, 2010
They call it advertising. We call it *surveillance and data theft used to track and discriminate against every American in real time*. What do...

Tracking Your Every Move?

August 2nd, 2010
CNN's Randi Kaye talks to a WSJ.com technology editor about an article digging deep into the world of internet tracking.

EMR Data Theft Booming

March 26th, 2010
Fraud resulting from exposure of electronic medical records has risen from 3% in 2008 to 7% in 2009, a 112% increase, researcher says.

Fox News Interview: Dangers of Electronic Medical Records

March 26th, 2010
Watch this video to see Patient Privacy Rights’ Founder and Chair speaks with Fox News about Health IT and our Do Not Disclose Petition Watch...

Security and Hacking, Real Fears

August 4th, 2009
See the WSJ Article: New Epidemic Fears: Hackers Securing health records in small doctor’s offices and clinics is not easy: small offices can’t...

Hackers Want Millions For Data on Prescriptions

May 8th, 2009
The FBI and Virginia State Police are searching for hackers who demanded that the state pay them a $10 million ransom by Thursday for...

Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your Computer

December 15th, 2008
Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it. Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade...