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Tag Archives: medical records
Ransomware attacks paralyze, and sometimes crush, hospitals
New attacks on the perennially besieged sector have crippled hospitals in the US and Australia and caused one health clinic to shut down.
“Deeply personal medical” records exposed online
The Facebook ad agency xSocialMedia exposed 150K medical histories, along with identifying information for the people involved.
14k HIV+ records leaked, Singapore says sorry
Singapore’s Ministry of Health said the HIV status of 14,200 people, plus confidential data of 2,400 of their contacts, is in the possession of somebody who’s not authorized to have it and who’s published it online.
Unencrypted medical data leads to 12-state litigation
The Attorneys general of 12 states are suing an e-record provider who lost 3.9 million personal healthcare records in 2015.
Why this doctor posted his medical history online for anyone to see
Would you want anyone and everyone to be able to see your entire medical history? One doctor posted his entire medical history online, and he wants others to do the same.
US health insurer Anthem drained of 80 million records
Attackers have invaded a database at Anthem, the US’s second largest health insurer, getting at all the personal details that comprise a veritable tool kit for identity theft. 
Online medical bill site tricked people to hand over health records
Online medical bill service, PaymentsMD, used the sign-up process for its patient portal as “a pathway to deceptively seek consumers’ consent to obtain detailed medical information” about them.
Epidemic of medical data breaches leaking all our most sensitive information
Health data is considered among the most private of information, but continues to leak out in a dazzling range of ways.