Two identity thieves involved in the South Miami Hospital breach noted previously on this blog have been sentenced. The breach had resulted in tax refund fraud for a number of the hospital’s patients. The Sun Sentinel reports Alci Bonannee was sentenced to more than 26 years behind bars and Sonyini Clay was sentenced to 10 years in…
Month: April 2013
UK: GP practice in County Armagh warned after patients’ details compromised following email attack
A GP practice in County Armagh has signed an undertaking to improve the security of patients’ information following a breach of the Data Protection Act investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The breach was caused when a free web-based email account used by the Burnett Practice to inform patients of upcoming smear tests appointments…
Etsy exposes sellers’ real names in error – again
Ina Steiner writes: In an email sent to shoppers this week, “Fresh Offerings from Your Favorite Shops,” Etsy mistakenly included the names of sellers taken from their credit card information on file. No other credit card information was included in the email. It’s not clear how it happened since all credit card information should be…
When, oh when, will people stop leaving unencrypted laptops in their cars?
OptiNose US Inc. has been notifying some of its consultants that their names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee’s car. The laptop was stolen on March 26 in a Philadelphia suburb, and OptiNose started sending out notification letters on April 16. The letter did not inform recipients that the…
Child and Family Services of New Hampshire notifies 23 clients after files stolen from office
Child and Family Services of New Hampshire, a non-profit agency, recently notified 23 residents of New Hampshire after their client files were stolen from a secure area in the agency’s main office in Manchester. The files were stolen sometime between March 15 and March 18, and the theft was detected on March 19. Unfortunately, neither…
Updates to HHS's breach tool includes yet another Florida hospital whose patient data were stolen
An update to HHS’s breach tool this week adds 16 more incidents to their counter, although two of the entries appear to be for the same incident. Significantly, the list includes yet another Florida hospital report of theft of patient data, presumably for tax refund fraud or other fraud. In this case, though, it was not…