Category Archives: Security

Octuplet Data Breach

Security systems at Kaiser apparently detected unauthorized access to patient information:

The computer breaches at the Bellflower hospital were discovered about 10 days ago and reported to state authorities and to Suleman, said Kaiser spokesman Jim Anderson. He said that 15 employees were fired and eight were disciplined. The employees “ran the gamut of medical staff,” he said. The privacy violations occurred despite the hospital’s stepped-up efforts to shield Suleman’s records from employees who had no medical reason for accessing them, Anderson said.

Gamut is an interesting way of saying that everyone was doing it. Note that the “stepped-up” efforts might have worked to shield against additional abuse, so the 23 staff caught might be seen as a lesser number than what might have happened. UCLA had over 100 staff implicated in their breach investigations. This once again emphasizes the importance of a detective strategy to enhance preventive measures.

McDonalds Breakfast Attack

Apparently someone started shooting at the McDonalds staff when told they could not have lunch yet:

Police say the female driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered from the lunch menu early Sunday but was told only breakfast was available.

Police say two men then got out of the car and one pulled a sawed-off shotgun from the trunk, shooting into the drive-thru window once or twice, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday. No one was injured.

Why shoot? Were they really trying to get a BigMac or was this a robbery gone awry?