HIPAA breaches
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Keylogger Hack At Root Of HIPAA Breach
A keystroke logger infecting three computers has been blamed for swiping the medical and financial data of UC Irvine Student Health Center patients. The keylogger was discovered by the California Information Security Office March 26, and had been capturing and transmitting the data to unauthorized servers for more than one month before being detected, according to a UC Irvine patient notification letter.
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Patient Health Information Precariously Safeguarded, According to Privacy Analytics
According to a new infographic compiled by Ottawa data privacy company Privacy Analytics, costs associated with a data breach, including notification, legal fines, legal fees, forensics, PR, etc., amounts to approximately $208 per person. While data breaches across the board are damaging, from major corporate leaks like Target to member-based services like Ashley Madison, it’s the leaking of personal health information (PHI) that is most sensitive and which Privacy Analytics specializes in...
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