Sheriff: ID theft ring pilfered files at NU physicians’ group
March 25th, 2010
The things you can do with stolen medical records, and why we need proper security and privacy.
What could your health records reveal? Take control. Protect your privacy, liberty and opportunities.
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Is Your Dr. “Googling” You?
March 24th, 2010
Deborah Peel appeared on CNBC's Street Signs for a discussion on Doctors going online for additional patient information without patient consent
VA investigating security breach of veterans’ medical data
March 9th, 2010
The Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into a physician assistant’s alleged downloading of veterans’ clinical data at...
DNA Destruction
March 9th, 2010
In the weeks before state health officials destroyed more than 5 million newborn blood samples they had stored without consent, privacy advocates, parents and...
Heartland breach cost $12.6 million, CEO says
May 12th, 2009
Heartland Payment Systems Inc. said it was experiencing losses this quarter as a direct result of a massive data breach it disclosed in January...
Kaiser fires 15 workers for snooping in octuplet mom’s medical records
March 31st, 2009
Another eight hospital employees disciplined for improperly accessing Nadya Suleman’s files
A Kaiser Permanente hospital located in a Los Angeles suburb has fired 15 employees...
Hospital Workers Sharing Music? They May Also Be Sharing Your Medical Records
February 20th, 2009
Health care workers using Gnutella or other peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to share music and video, may be putting you at risk for medical identity...
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...
Putting data breach genie back in bottle? Good luck
December 8th, 2008
A little more than a week ago, retail store operator TJX settled a class-action suit filed over the theft of 45.7 million credit and...
Security Fix
December 6th, 2008
Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack
The hijacking of the nation’s largest e-bill payment system this week offers a glimpse of an attack that experts...