Ex-patient sues storage firm over stolen U. records
June 14th, 2008
Just days after the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics announced the theft of 2.2 million patients’ billing records containing a variety of personal...
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U of U medical records stolen, 2.2 million patients’ data at risk
June 11th, 2008
University of Utah Hospital and Clinics patients are bracing for the unknown as police and prosecutors investigate the theft of 2.2 million billing records...
Officials: Identity theft of UCI students started with insurer’s leak
June 5th, 2008
A computer security breach at a health insurance company was responsible for an identity theft at UC Irvine that affected 1,132 students, and led...
Doctor Resigns Over Patient Data Breach
May 25th, 2008
The well-intended gift of a used computer by a Jacksonville physician may have put the personal medical information of 1,900 patients at risk, University...
More tied to UCLA snooping
May 12th, 2008
The state links 14 people affiliated with the medical center to the improper viewing of celebrities’ files.
California health regulators have connected 14 more people...
‘Crimeserver’ Discovered with Treasure Trove of Stolen Data
May 8th, 2008
Web firm Finjan discovered a “crimeserver” in Malaysia with more than 1.4GB of stolen data that had been amassed in just three weeks.
Even more...
6,000 UCSF patients’ data got put online
May 2nd, 2008
Information on thousands of UCSF patients was accessible on the Internet for more than three months last year, a possible violation of federal privacy...
Every Italian’s income posted on internet
May 1st, 2008
The incomes of every Italian citizen were published on the web without any prior warning by the government, just days before it was due...
Data Theft at NewYork-Presbyterian
April 16th, 2008
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged a former employee of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center with accessing...
Worker Charged in Hospital File Thefts
April 13th, 2008
An employee of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center was charged on Saturday in federal court in Manhattan with stealing nearly 50,000 patient files and...