Pharmacies Giving Patient Records to Police without Warrants
January 11 2024Add pharmacies to the list of industries that are giving private data to the police without a warrant.
Read morePolice Get Medical Records without a Warrant
December 18 2023More unconstrained surveillance:
Lawmakers noted the pharmacies’ policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...
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A Digital Red Cross
November 14 2022The International Committee of the Red Cross wants some digital equivalent to the iconic red cross, to alert would-be hackers that they are accessing a medical network.
The emblem...
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Read moreAre Fake COVID Testing Sites Harvesting Data?
January 19 2022Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a bunch of writing about what seems to be fake COVID-19 testing sites. They take your name and info, and do a...
Read moreA Death Due to Ransomware
October 1 2021The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a baby’s death at an Alabama hospital in 2019, which they argue was a direct result of the ransomware attack the...
Read moreAlaska’s Department of Health and Social Services Hack
September 21 2021Apparently, a nation-state hacked Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services. Not sure why Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services is of any interest to a nation-state, but that’s...
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