OU Health notifying patients after theft of employee’s laptop
Laptop theft involving unencrypted patient data is still a thing, although we don’t seem to hear about it as often as a number of years ago. KOKH reports OU Medicine, which does business as OU Health,...
View ArticleZa: Western Cape Health condemns break-in at Ravensmead CDC
IOL reports: The Western Cape Government Health and Wellness has strongly condemned the break-in at the Ravensmead Community Day Centre (CDC) during the weekend. This comes after perpetrators gained...
View ArticleCA: Video captures thief stealing hundreds of medical records from Sherman...
Vivian Chow and Rick Chambers report: Security video captures a thief breaking into a Sherman Oaks dental office and stealing hundreds of files containing patients’ personal information on Thursday....
View ArticleMan Sentenced for Stealing Over 712 Bitcoin Subject to Forfeiture
An Ohio man was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for stealing over 712 bitcoin that were the proceeds of the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and subject to forfeiture in a then-pending...
View ArticleHusband and Wife Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving the...
There’s an update to the case involving the arrest of a married couple charged with laundering $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitifinex in 2016. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and Heather Morgan,...
View ArticleLaptop containing confidential data stolen from blood bank of Gurugram hospital
PTI reports: A laptop containing confidential information was allegedly stolen from the offices of a private hospital’s blood bank, police here said on Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by Dr...
View ArticleTheft of Vancouver rape crisis centre server containing sensitive data raises...
Yasmine Ghania and Moira Wyton report: Cybersecurity experts are warning of “significant” data privacy risks after a Vancouver rape crisis centre told clients and donors a computer server containing...
View ArticlePublic notice of break-in at Whitehorse Victim Services office
The Government of Yukon is reporting a break-in that occurred at the Whitehorse Victim Services office sometime between the evening of March 15 and the morning of March 16, 2024. The Whitehorse...
View ArticleData protection commissioners ‘want to look wider’ into patient file breach
Cianan Brennan reports: The Data Protection Commission has opened an investigation into the HSE after the personal files of patients were “compromised”. Questions have been raised about “unsuitable...
View ArticleComputers containing thousands of patients’ records stolen from Belfast hospital
Deborah McAleese reports: Twenty-eight computers containing the records of thousands of patients have been stolen from a Belfast Hospital, UTV can reveal. The computers were being used to train staff...
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