A news report from The Nation in Nigeria tells the sad tale of a customer of BankPHB in Nigeria and how he was the victim of rogue bank employees who used his bank account for fraudulent purposes. When the customer tried – repeatedly – to get his account sorted out with bank officials, he wound…
Month: March 2011
Walgreen accused of selling patient data
This must be the month to sue major pharmaceutical chains for allegedly selling patient prescription information. First it was CVS. Now it’s Walgreen. Reuters Legal reports: A lawsuit filed in California this week accuses national drug-store chain Walgreen Co of unlawfully selling medical information gleaned from patient prescriptions, another front in the battle over personal…
Identity data of Texas Children’s doctors used in scam (updated)
In a follow-up to a breach reported last month on this blog, Brian Rogers reports: A Pearland man has been charged with identity theft in a scheme that used Social Security numbers of doctors and vendors at Texas Children’s Hospital to open more than 100 electricity accounts, prosecutors said. […] In court today, Assistant Harris…
Stolen laptop creates concern for Ortho Montana patients (update2)
Rob Rogers reports: OrthoMontana is scrambling to warn current and past patients that their personal information may be on a laptop computer that was recently stolen from the company. The Billings orthopedic and sports medicine practice has sent letters across the city to those who may have been impacted. […] The laptop was heavily encrypted…
(Update) Birthdates, social security numbers of 45 Eastern Michigan University students stolen
David Jesse has some more details on an Eastern Michigan University breach reported previously on this blog: Forty-five Eastern Michigan University students had their names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers provided to a third party by two student employees, the school said. EMU spokesman Walter Kraft would not say Thursday whether the employees…
Malware discovered on UMass Amherst server left patient info vulnerable
The following statement was posted on UMass Amherst’s web site on March 7: The University of Massachusetts Amherst is notifying clients of University Health Services (UHS) whose protected health information was possibly revealed after a workstation was inadvertently infected with a malware program. The malware infection occurred on June 30, 2010 and the vulnerability on…