DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

South Miami Hospital employee stole patients' info for tax refund fraud scheme

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dissent

Yes, let’s wait until Friday late in the day to disclose another insider breach at a Florida hospital for tax refund fraud. At this rate, we may have to retire the headline “Florida hospital employee steals patient info for tax refund fraud.”

Local10 reports:

Baptist Health says its privacy office has recently learned that a South Miami Hospital employee inappropriately accessed 834 patient records.

According to the hospital, the records, dated from June 2011 through February 2012, included patient names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.

The breach came to light during a collaborative investigation with federal law enforcement officials.

Read more on Local10.

As of the time of this posting, there’s no statement on Baptist Health’s web site or on South Miami Hospital’s web page. And I wonder how recently Baptist Health learned about this. They say the wrongdoing came to light during a collaborative investigation… does that mean law enforcement informed them that they had a problem and then they looked and found it?

As is often the case, we need more information.

Related posts:

  • South Miami Hospital patient reports tax refund fraud following insider breach
  • Two University of Florida breaches in 2013 that I seem to have missed
  • Ringleader of $24 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Ring Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
  • (update) Police and Hospital Workers Find, Remove More Boxes Of Stolen Medical Records
Category: Health Data

Post navigation

← MVS comunicaciones Hacked, 1,700+ Credentials leaked
When – if ever – is notification delayed, notification denied? →

2 thoughts on “South Miami Hospital employee stole patients' info for tax refund fraud scheme”

  1. Anonymous says:
    March 7, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    We are pleased to know that you are in communication with our privacy office and that your inquiry is being addressed.
    -Christine Kotler, Baptist Health South Florida

    1. Anonymous says:
      March 7, 2013 at 2:49 pm

      Yes, and thank you very much for the press release, which I’ll be posting. I just sent your office some follow-up questions earlier today and look forward to your reply. So many hospitals in Florida have had similar problems. I hope that law enforcement has sent all hospitals some guidance on what hospitals can do to prevent more patients becoming victims of corrupt insiders who steal information for tax refund fraud schemes.

Comments are closed.

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024
  • Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
  • Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
  • Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
  • Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
  • CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme
  • Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni
  • Detaining Hackers Before the Crime? Tamil Nadu’s Supreme Court Approves Preventive Custody for Cyber Offenders
  • Potential Cyberattack Scrambles Columbia University Computer Systems

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina
  • European Commission publishes its plan to enable more effective law enforcement access to data
  • Sacred Secrets: The Biblical Case for Privacy and Data Protection
  • Microsoft’s Departing Privacy Chief Calls for Regulator Outreach

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.