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NM drivers to beware of identity theft
07 Feb
Posted by Alexis Demaine as Identity Theft Advice
Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital was hit with a computer virus which put the personal information of around 12,000 people at risk.
“We are very sorry it happened here,” said Melanie McDonald, spokesperson for the hospital.
The breach included patients and individuals who applied for jobs using the hospital’s website. Those affected are expected to receive a letter explaining that a server storing their names, addresses and Social Security numbers was infected with a virus.
McDonald said the virus is common, and very malicious.
“The sad thing is – these days – there are vulnerabilities online,” said McDonald.
Indiana University Health Goshen is offering a year of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance to those affected.
Patient records were on a separate server that is not connected to the internet. The server
24 Sep
Posted by Alexis Demaine as Identity Theft Advice
According to the Health and Human Services (HHS) report there were 5.4 million affected by health data breaches in 2010. In all HIPAA covered entities notified the Health and Human Services Department of 207 data breaches.
The most common cause of breach was theft. Forty-eight percent of the breaches in 2010 involved theft. The annual report covered breaches between September 23, 2009 and December 31, 2010.
The largest reported breach affected approximately 1.9 million individuals, and involved the theft of electronic medical record information saved on back-up tapes at an EMR vendor’s site. Another twenty percent of the 2010 incidents were attributed to the theft of laptops.
Revising policies and encryption technologies were the most common remedies implemented to avoid future breaches, says the report.
Section 13402(i) of the HITECH Act requires the Health and Human Services Department secretary to prepare and submit to Congress an annual report on the breaches at the department and the actions taken in response to those breaches. HIPA
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