Fox30 reports from Jacksonville, Florida: A confidential document containing the social security numbers of every city employee hired after 2005, was found on an internal website. A city worker found the document and forwarded it on public officials. According to a letter sent to city council members, the employee was placed on paid administrative leave…
Month: March 2013
NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers
Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…
Quebec police to investigate morgue employee's 'inappropriate' behavior
There’s a scene in one episode of NCIS where grieving colleagues of a dead agent fantasize what she might be saying or doing. In that episode, the now-dead Kate reaffirms her modesty and her concerns that others might see the tattoo on her “bum” or might see her nude on the autopsy table. It’s all…
Former nursing home aide arraigned on criminal charges in privacy breach
Ellen Yan of Newsday reports on a disturbing case on Long Island that involves a former nurse’s aide at Woodhaven Care Center in Port Jefferson. David Rover, 25, has been charged criminally for allegedly using his cellphone to secretly photograph the feces-covered genitals of an elderly resident and then sending the picture to a nursing student…
Mastermind in fraud scheme against mentally ill sentenced
Here’s a sentencing follow-up on a case previously mentioned on this blog. It seems that a number of the victims were employees of, or clients of, Resources for Human Development Inc.
Update to the Samaritan Hospital breach
Once again, information on a breach at Samaritan Hospital comes out late on a Friday. If letters went out Wednesday, why didn’t they issue a press release then? More details have emerged on the Samaritan Hospital breach discussed previously on this blog. Bob Gardinier of the Times Union reports: Two nurses are targets of the…