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Extortion Plot Threatens to Divulge Millions of Patients' Prescriptions

2008-11-06 23:48:00 by David Kravets in Wired Security
 
A St. Louis company managing medical prescriptions of 50 million people says it has alerted the FBI of an extortion plot threatening to divulge the names and prescriptions of millions of its clients. Express Scripts says it received a letter announcing the plot, which seeks an undisclosed amount of money
 
Tags: extortion plot, prescriptions, plot, medical prescriptions, express scripts, millions, divulge, million people, louis company
 
 
 
 
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Why even having health insurance is not enough anymore

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2008-05-04 15:13:07 by HASH0x8b625c8 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...prescriptions and medical care combine to put the bite on everyone. From my own experience here are 4 examples of how even with health insurance, medical care costs are taking a bite 1. My wife had minor surgery in September. It was ambulatory surgery where she went in the morning and went home that afternoon/evening. Even though we have full...
 
Tags: insurance, health insurance, premiums, employees insurance premiums, insurance company pays, regular insurance, insurance company, care, health care system
 
 
 
 
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Express Scripts user? Sorry.

2008-11-07 16:56:15 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Prescriptions Express Scripts said it has received an anonymous letter containing the names of some 75 clients that includes dates of birth, Social Security numbers and their prescriptions. The letter threatens to expose millions of patient records if Express Scripts does not pay an undisclosed amount of money
 
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CBAC & Medical Identity Theft

2008-07-10 10:09:41 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...prescriptions under strict scrutiny of state and federal watchdogs, DME suppliers are lightly regulated. DME is very vulnerable to fraud, says Consuelo Woodhead, the chief healthcare fraud prosecutor for the U.S. Attorneys Office in Los Angeles. It doesnt require any background in medicine, any kind of professional licensure or appreciable...
 
Tags: dme suppliers simply, dme suppliers, dme fraud, fraud, dme, identity, medical identity theft, dme dealers, dme supplier
 
 
 
 
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Not Your Father's Data Breach

2008-11-20 09:37:59 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...prescriptions per year for 50 million workers at 1,600 American companies. Early in October, it received an extortion letter, the details of which it released on Nov. 6 The letter included personal information on about 75 Express Scripts clients Social Security numbers, dates of birth and, in some cases, information about prescription...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, data, personal, personal medical records, medical records, systems, security systems
 
 
 
 
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Is That a Coffee Table or a Munition?

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2008-11-25 12:40:20 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
...prescriptions for the SDLC is to data classification and enforce least privilege. From a security perspective this sounds fantastic, especially on a whiteboard. When the rubber meets the real world road, things often turn out slightly different It turns out that it is hard to conduct business with excessive granularity Here is an article...
 
Tags: coffee table, technology, american technology, free trade agreement, trade, space technology, french telco issues, common coffee table, information security policies
 
 
 
 
 
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