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Internet worm compromises data of 176,000 at health system, university
A Internet worm potentially exposed the personal information of 176,567 individuals, including that of VCU Health System and Virginia Commonwealth University employees and students, according to
$1M worth of equipment, patient info missing from VA hospital
The lack of recording inventory may be to blame for missing medical equipment worth more than a $1 million that contained patient information at a Florida VA hospital. Among the list of expensive
Health Net data breach analysis 'flawed,' SSNs exposed
A data breach affecting Health Net members is worse than originally thought; it involved more people and included more sensitive data than the insurer originally reported. IBM, which manages its
WellPoint fined $100K for failing to report data breach
WellPoint ( NYSE: WLP ) will pay a $100,000 fine because it waited months before notifying Indiana officials of a security breach that may have exposed personal information of 32,000 members. It also
Unencrypted thumb drive compromises veterans' health info
Unencrypted thumb drive. "Those three words don't make VA CIOs happy," said Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker during his monthly data breach press briefing on Nov. 17. An employee had used
Stolen ER patient data prompts hospital to offer free credit monitoring
Five people in an identity-theft ring were charged Wednesday with stealing ER patient identities at Holy Cross Hospital and an Aventura doctor's office, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ring used
Hospital IT worker jailed for abusing co-worker data
A former employee at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing the names, birthdays and Social Security numbers of his
Federal law would further fight government healthcare fraud
Well familiar with the varieties of such fraud, a Florida senator has filed two bills aimed at further tightening the noose on fraud against government healthcare programs. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL),
Trend: Identity thieves get better at stealing medical records
Recently, identity thieves have become increasingly focused on stealing medical records--and have begun using better methods to get patient data, too. Medical records offer a rich trove of
NY hospital worker charged with massive file theft
A New York hospital employee was charged this weekend with stealing almost 50,000 patient files and selling some of them. The worker, patient admissions representative Dwight McPherson, was accused
