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...

Georgia Patients’ Records Exposed on Web for Weeks

April 11th, 2008
A company hired by the State of Georgia to administer health benefits for low-income patients is sending letters to notify tens of thousands of...

Still More Health Information Privacy Breaches Come to Light

April 10th, 2008
WellPoint said Tuesday that the personal information of about 128,000 members was exposed online over the past year, AP/BusinessWeek reports. The exposed information might...