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Unencrypted laptop stolen, 11,000 dialysis patients impacted

Unencrypted laptop stolen, 11,000 dialysis patients impacted | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
More than 11,000 patients and some employees of Coloradobased kidney care company DaVita are being alerted after an unencrypted laptop containing their personal data was stolen from a staffers vehicle.

 



How many victims? 

Approximately 11,500.

 

What type of personal information? 

Names, clinical diagnoses, insurance carrier names, claims payment data and dialysis treatment information.

About 375 patients had their Social Security numbers stored on the laptop.

 

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Names, clinical diagnoses, insurance carrier names, claims payment data and dialysis treatment information.

 

About 375 patients had their Social Security numbers stored on the laptop.

 

Learn more:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES

 

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Pacemaker virus could lead to "mass murder"

Pacemaker virus could lead to "mass murder" | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Hackers now have a new attack vector, but one with much more serious consequences than data theft or financial ruin: pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).

 

According to research from Barnaby Jack of security vendor IOActive, several vendors’ pacemakers can be remotely controlled and commanded to deliver a 830-volt shock via a laptop, thanks to software programming flaws on the part of medical device companies. That is, of course, enough to kill someone, and Jack noted that the vulnerabilities open the door to “mass murder.”

 

“Conventional malware is rampant in hospitals because of medical devices using unpatched operating systems. There's little recourse for hospitals when a manufacturer refuses to allow OS updates or security patches."

 

Read more, very interesting:

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/28886/pacemaker-virus-could-lead-to-mass-murder/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

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