It’s Way Too Easy to Hack the Hospital
In the fall of 2013, Billy Rios flew from his home in California to Rochester, Minn., for an assignment at the Mayo Clinic, the …
MEDJACK: Hackers hijacking medical devices to create backdoors in hospital networks
After the Office of Personnel Management breach, medical data was labeled as the “holy grail” for cybercriminals intent on espionage. “Medical information can be …
IBM and Apple want to share how you are with others
IBM has launched a health unit to make sense of the wealth of data created by the boom in fitness trackers and apps. Watson …
California dentist announces theft of server containing patient information
The office of a dentist in California, Cathrine Steinborn, was burglarized and a server containing patient and responsible party information – including Social Security …
Stolen DJO Global laptop contained patient data
California-based medical device company DJO Global is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that a laptop computer containing some personal patient information was stolen …
Health billing co., former CEO settle with FTC over data collection
PaymentsMD, LLC, a health billing company and its former CEO, Michael C. Hughes, have settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that …
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