A second state’s attorney general is opening an investigation into the Health Net breach that was only recently revealed six months after the data were either lost or stolen. From the press release from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard: Attorney General Terry Goddard today called on Health Net, a Connecticut-based insurance company, to immediately notify…
Month: November 2009
Notre Dame security breach potentially affects employees
Notre Dame is warning university employees to keep an eye on their bank accounts after a security breach. Personal information of some past and current employees – including name, social security number and birth date – was accidentally put onto a public website. University spokesman Dennis Brown says the error was corrected and the information…
Personal records of 1,400 residents found in B.C. government employee’s home
Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw report: The British Columbia government is investigating a major security breach after police discovered the personal records of 1,400 income-assistance clients in the home of a government employee, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned. The records covered a period from December 2006 to April 2007 and included names, addresses, birth…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Clyde Austin Gray Jr., described as the ringleader of a nationwide identity theft ring that also victimized Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s wife, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution. More. Lori L. Barb was charged with ID theft…
FL: Holmes flags hacked e-mail
Jeff Schweers reports: A power struggle at Brevard County’s largest hospital has taken a serious turn with allegations that the chief of the medical staff pilfered another doctor’s e-mail account and violated patient confidentiality laws. Dr. Richard Hynes, a back surgeon, has dropped his bid for election to a second term as president of the…
Ca: Alberta’s Bill 62 raises privacy concerns
Archie McLean reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner is raising concerns about a new bill that would allow paramedics to give police personal information about their patients. Bill 62, the Emergency Health Services Amendment Act, gives paramedics permission to tell police names, dates of birth and medical information about their patients, as well as general observations from…