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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 755 days ago
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=514463&in_page_id=1770The Daily Mail14th February 2008A laptop containing personal records of more than 5,000 out-patients has been stolen from an out-patient clinic at a hospital, it was revealed today.Thousands of letters were this week being sent to patients warning them that the laptop containing their names, addresses, birth dates and medical details had gone missing.The theft from Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, in the Blac read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 725 days ago
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1583480/20080314/spears_britney.jhtmlBy Larry CarrollMTV NewsMarch 14, 2008LOS ANGELES -- In the song "Leave Me Alone," imperiled pop star Britney Spears sang, "Leave me alone/ Let me live my life in peace." Now, she might want to sing those words to the medical workers on duty during her most recent hospital stay.The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the UCLA Medical Center has launched an investigation into some 25 employees who peeked at the singer' read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 724 days ago
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Forwarded from: Marc Maiffret <marc (at) marcmaiffret.com>It is always funny when you hear about organizations, as critical as medical or finance, still depending on the honor system for security. Those lovely employee security handbooks that are to put to paper what you could enforce through technology. But of course there is the old tired excuse that it costs too much and is too complex to do proactive enforcement rather than reactive policing. It is in fact true that reactive policing is cheaper w read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 721 days ago
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-ucla18mar18,1,2660676.storyBy Charles OrnsteinLos Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 18, 2008UCLA's neuropsychiatric hospital has banned all cellphones and laptop computers after a patient posted group photos of other patients on a social networking website, officials confirmed Monday.Dr. Thomas Strouse, medical director of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, said in a statement that the decision was part of "UCLA Health System's ongoing efforts to enhanc read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 714 days ago
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http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_8710866By Airan ScrubyStaff WriterWhitter Daily News03/26/2008 WHITTIER - About 5,000 past and current employees at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital had their private information stolen, officials said Wednesday.The data included Social Security numbers, birth dates, full names and other records stored on a desktop computer that was stolen from a Fullerton data management group on Feb. 11.In addition to the 5,000 employees, another 35,000 identities from 18 othe read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 645 days ago
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http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=155501By Tim WilsonSite EditorDark ReadingJune 3, 2008Peer-to-peer (P2P) applications may have been the culprit in a security breach that has exposed the personal information of more than 1,000 patients at Walter Reed Hospital, according to early reports.Names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, and other information was exposed through a single computer file, hospital officials said Monday. The file did not include information such as medical records, or t read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 617 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 03:40:01 -0500 (CDT)http://www.kcpw.org/article/6269By Elizabeth ZieglerKCPW NewsJuly 2, 2008Three suspects are in custody in connection to the theft of stolen computer backup tapes containing personal information for millions of University of Utah Health Care system patients. Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder says the bust is an example of good old-fashioned police work."I'm extremely pleased. The detectives put substantial hours int read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 577 days ago
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Holiday car break-in leads to dismissalColchester University Hospital has sacked one of its managers over the theft of his work laptop, which contained unencrypted patient records.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 508 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:14:51 -0500 (CDT)http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/102008/10192008/418223BY JIM HALLThe Free Lance-Star10/19/2008A security breach in an online computer system at Mary Washington Hospital exposed the private medical information of some of its maternity patients.A man who tried to use the Fredericksburg hospital's online registration system for his expectant wife said the files for 803 patients were publicly available on the sit read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 478 days ago
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Plucky Brits shrug off Mytob network blitzIT staff at three major London hospitals have spent a second day struggling to restore IT systems following a major computer virus outbreak.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 476 days ago
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On the mendComputer systems at three major London hospitals are largely back online on Friday morning, three days after a major computer virus outbreak forced staff to disconnect the network.… read more »
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