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Texas Hospital Discloses Huge Breach
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StephanieR59
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7/21/2015 | 2:44:29 PM
Re: Largest breach?
i'm interested to know what ever happen in this incident?  Did they ever get to the bottom of it?  Was the hopital negligent in their security measures or protocols?
David F. Carr
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2/7/2014 | 10:15:04 AM
Re: Largest breach?
According to the story from our archives on the 2011 VA Tricare breach, it was reported under FCC rather than HIPAA rules. That was another government health agency breach, related to theft of computer backup tapes, but point taken that was much larger. This Texas one still seems significant as the breach of a private health system.
David F. Carr
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2/7/2014 | 9:55:27 AM
Re: Largest breach?
any idea why that wouldn't be on the HHS listing?
Brian Bartlett
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2/6/2014 | 8:54:01 PM
Largest breach?
As I recall, the largest breach occured to the VA Tricare system potentially affecting over 4.9 million records (no one is quite sure about the top-end count). That was in 2011.
David F. Carr
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2/6/2014 | 9:43:55 AM
Re: same sad responce
My colleague Mathew Schwartz suggests the fact that they can't tell what was taken, if anything, may indicate a lack of investment in incident management and response technology to trace the breach. He has a column coming today that will discuss some of these issues in a broader context.

It may be that the other shoe will drop in the coming weeks, as customers and patients of the hospital discover specific problems traced to this incident.
Marilyn Cohodas
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2/6/2014 | 8:24:22 AM
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"No proof" does not mean there is no such kind of problem. It just indicates that nobody has a proper estimation about the scope of damage!


It also means that no one (i.e. the company/hospital/retailer) wants to be held liable for paying for the damage. 
Li Tan
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2/5/2014 | 9:57:05 PM
Re: same sad responce
Somehow I got use to read such kind of news/headlines. The confidential information breach is such a bad thing. The statement from official agency is always irresponsible: "We have no proof that such kind of breach has resulted in any concrete problem". This is really a void statement - "no proof" does not mean there is no such kind of problem. It just indicates that nobody has a proper estimation about the scope of damage!
PaulS681
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2/5/2014 | 7:55:28 PM
same sad responce
 

Most of these breaches have the same sad response. Something like "We have no proof any of this info has been used misused". Are they going to monitor this for years? This stolen data could be used now or 2 years from now. I am so tired of hearing that type of response.
Marilyn Cohodas
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2/5/2014 | 4:40:06 PM
Re: Same Shoddy Security, Different Day
I'm not at all surprised that the healthcare is the target of a data security breach! It's only been in the past decade the industry has widely adopted electronic health records and other digital technologies. Credit bureau and consumer data tracking service company Experian reported last month: 

The sheer size of the industry makes it vulnerable when you consider that as Americans, we will spend more than $9,210 per capita on healthcare in 2013. Add to that the Healthcare Insurance Exchanges (HIEs), which are slated to add seven million people into the healthcare system, and it becomes clear that the industry, from local physicians to large hospital networks, provide an expanded attack surface for breaches." 

More at: http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/policy-and-regulation/healthcare-data-breaches-to-surge-in-2014/d/d-id/1113259?

 

asksqn
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2/5/2014 | 3:28:31 PM
Same Shoddy Security, Different Day
I shake my head every time a breach occurs because such activity underscores just how sloppy/negligent most entities are when it comes to protecting consumer data -- No/Misapplied patches, use of Microsoft products, zero to very little training of personnel having access to confidential data... Where does it end?  And while credit/ID theft monitoring is nice, it is far too little and far too late.  The concept of security should occur **before** a breach, not following it. How many times does it have to happen before there is a mass uprising?

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) in San Diego has a much more comprehensive (and honest) data breach listing found here >> http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach  
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