Nick Kenney reports that a Tennessee man has been accused of stealing the identity information of hundreds of people, 10 of whom are cancer patients: “This is a major case of identity theft here,” said Chip Washington with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say Bell was running a forgery and ID theft ring from…
Month: August 2013
Ca: Doctor lost control of patient records because of failure to sign contract with EMR provider
Kevin Vink rerports: A local physician reported the loss of control over more than 1,500 patient records when she was unable to retrieve them upon leaving the Didsbury Medical Clinic to start a clinic of her own, according to officials. Following an investigation by the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta, Rachel Hayward, portfolio…
ACC staffer faces inquiry after clients’ records stolen
As if ACC hadn’t gotten enough bad press over previous breaches, it’s had another one. Anna Turner reports: The personal details of dozens of Christchurch ACC claimants have been leaked after a staff member’s home was burgled. ACC confirmed yesterday that the home of a Christchurch ACC case manager was broken into on Saturday, August…
Boston Public Schools To Change Student ID Cards After Flash Drive with Information Was Lost by Plastic Card Systems
Oops. Via WBUR, we learn of a breach involving Boston Public Schools. Here’s the statement from BPS’s web site: The Boston Public Schools is changing the design of Boston OneCard student ID badges, changing MBTA CharlieCard assignments and is changing library card numbers for students following a vendor’s loss of a flash drive that contained…
Ca: Norfolk General Hospital notifies 1,300 of privacy breach
Monte Sonnenberg reports: A nurse at Norfolk General Hospital has been fired for inappropriately accessing patient files. The hospital reported Tuesday that the privacy breach occurred from October, 2004, to March of this year. On Thursday, NGH notified 1,300 patients in writing that their privacy may have been violated. Read more on Brantford Expositor. If…
Income and Capital Growth Strategies notifies clients after hack
Income and Capital Growth Strategies Inc. is notifying clients of a hack that occurred between July 12 and July 15 of this year. The breach was discovered on July 15. In their notification letter dated August 8, Doug Thorburn, the principal of the firm, writes: We have recently discovered unauthorized access to our computer network…