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Walter Reed Army Medical Center breach through P2P

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2008-06-03 09:14:34 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 6/2/08 Organization United States Army Contractor/Consultant/Branch Walter Reed Army Medical Center ("WRAMC Victims Military Health System beneficiaries" or patients Number Affected 1,000 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and other information Breach Description...
 
Tags: information, personal information, walter reed, sensitive information, wramc personnel, wramc, network access control, network access, team wramc
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Medical Devices

2008-03-12 10:39:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Okay, so this could be big news: But a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker They were able to reprogram it to shut down and to deliver jolts of electricity that would potentially be fatal -- if the device had been in a...
 
Tags: devices, security, malicious security attack, cardiac, security risks, dangerous cardiac events, risks, icd incapable, icd
 
 
 
 
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Castlecroft Medical Practice patient information at risk

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2008-06-19 11:54:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 6/18/08 Organization NHS Trust Contractor/Consultant/Branch Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust Castlecroft Medical Practice Victims Patients Number Affected 11,000 Types of Data names, dates of birth, addresses, contact details and confidential medical records Breach Description A laptop...
 
Tags: information, confidential information, confidential information disclosure, confidential information maintain, practice, castlecroft medical practice, computer, laptop computer, adolescent information
 
 
 
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/11/08 Organization Select Medical Corporation Contractor/Consultant/Branch Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership Victims Patients Number Affected Unknown more than 4,000 pieces of its customers sensitive information Types of Data Names, addresses, treatment details, telephone...
 
Tags: clients personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, sensitive medical information, customers sensitive information, texas attorney, texas, attorney
 
 
 
 
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Australian medical information found in abandoned amusement park

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2008-06-28 13:10:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 6/27/08 Organization New South Wales Government (AU Contractor/Consultant/Branch Sydney West Area Health Service Unnamed "bankrupt contractor Victims Patients Number Affected Unknown Types of Data confidential medical records Breach Description The Sydney West Area Health Service has been...
 
Tags: confidential medical records, medical records, clinical waste, waste, waste disposal procedures, disposal, records, procedures, amusement park
 
 
 
 
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Highly sensitive medical information found in the road

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2008-01-10 14:11:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/10/08 Organization Kingston Hospital NHS Trust Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Patients Number Affected Unknown A total of 173 documents were discovered Types of Data private medical details" including HIV, cancer, sexual disease, and hepatitis test results and information on...
 
Tags: sensitive medical information, information, kingston hospital, hospital, test results, hepatitis test results, data protection breach, breach, kingston hospital spokeswoman
 
 
 
 
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CBAC & Medical Identity Theft

2008-07-10 10:09:41 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
Good story to keep in mind for those of you working on CBAC. Claims neeed protection and verification. Why steal an identity when you can capture a claim? (hattip: askelizabeth The Sopranokovs The Russian mob comes to town with a new scammedical identity theft When FBI special agent Ted Price peered through the window of a dingy brick storefront...
 
Tags: dme suppliers simply, dme suppliers, dme fraud, fraud, dme, identity, medical identity theft, dme dealers, dme supplier
 
 
 
 
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Hundreds Of UCLA Medical Employees Abused Privilege And Looked Into Celebrities Medical Records

2008-08-06 23:26:33 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
More than 120 workers at a Los Angeles hospital looked at celebrities medical records and other personal information without permission between January 2004 and June 2006, nearly double the number initially reported earlier this year, according to a state report. Even after UCLA Medical Center warned employees about severe measures against...
 
Tags: medical records, celebrities medical records, los angeles hospital, ucla medical center, employees, severe measures, personal information, access, workers
 
 
 
 
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Medical records under threat

2008-06-20 19:20:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
Just saw a disturbing article on how folks are targeting medical records. Apparently Finjan (a security vendor) was trolling for malware and came across a large chunk of data with patient information etc - and get this, it was available for purchase for the highest bidder By now all of us are aware that hackers are no longer kids looking for...
 
Tags: medical, medical records, suspect medical information, criminal organizations, organizations, patient information, bank account information, insurance fraud, identity theft
 
 
 
 
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Centralized, electronic storage of medical records

2008-02-27 10:46:37 by Editor in Adventures in Security