Yanez Dental Corporation in California recently reported a data breach to HHS. In a notice on their web site dated June 15, they write, in part: Our dental office was burglarized (5/22/2011). We have reported this incident to the police for investigation. The vandals stole three of our computers among other things. Personal information stored…
Month: September 2011
Over 82,000 patients in NJ and IL notified of theft of unencrypted drive left by a MedAssets employee in a car
On August 8, the Saint Barnabas Health Care System in New Jersey publicly disclosed a breach involving a Business Associate, MedAssets: MedAssets, Inc., an independent revenue management and supply chain company that provides certain administrative and business services to the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, informed us on July 1, 2011 that an unencrypted external…
Guilty plea in case involving identity info; Electronic Data Systems employee involved
An insider breach at the former Electronic Data Systems flew pretty much flew under the media radar, it seems. A recent press release notes: Alchico Grant, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to his role in two tax fraud and identity theft conspiracies, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today….
Beijing Police Detain Couple for Illegal Personal Information Trading
From CRI: Beijing police said Monday that they have detained a couple who were found to be illegally trading large amounts of personal information on the Internet. The couple, who run an “information consulting” company in the city’s Fengtai District, were found to be in possession of a computer with a large database of personal…
huge dump of email accounts from various places
Well the weekend is pretty much over all around the world and we are starting to see the results of the weekends phishing and hacking scams surface. All come from unknown sources, Remember to check for your emails/accounts to be sure you have not been compromised. https://pastebin.com/EjM0aXtT This one comes from T_LT https://pastebin.com/YVpdYq0m And this one…
AU: Privacy of patients breached by Professional Services Review
Sean Parnell, FOI Editor, writes: Patient privacy has been compromised in the federal government’s bid to control health spending, with a key agency found to have illegally merged data from Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. In a case likely to fuel privacy concerns over planned electronic health records, the embattled Professional Services Review has…