WKYT reports: She was a notary public who was supposed to help consumers on refinancing transactions. Instead, Melissa Hodge was selling their social security numbers and personal information to identity thieves. “They would give $20 for individuals that had a credit score between 500 and 600. Then it would go up from there. If they…
Month: January 2014
More on the EZYield breach
Back on December 13, I posted a quick pointer to a breach report filed by EZYield that I had seen on the Vermont Attorney General’s web site. I subsequently added a link to idRADAR, where Jeanne Price had additional details. Well, I think I’ve found a kindred spirit in Jeanne, as she persisted in trying…
University of Pennsylvania Health System says approximately 1,000 patients' privacy was compromised by printing error at RevSpring
Marie McCullogh reports that a printing error by vendor RevSpring, exposed approximately 500 University of Pennsylvania Health System patients’ names, type of services and tests, and amount owed to other patients: One of Penn’s billing vendors, RevSpring of Wixom, Mich., had a malfunction in its printing operation. As a result, some patients received bills containing both…
Lawsuit against Omnicell dismissed
I’ve blogged about the Omnicell breach of November 2012 a number of times on this blog as new information emerged about who was affected by the breach. As a quick reminder, a laptop with unencrypted PHI was stolen from an employee’s car. Omnicell is a business associate of numerous hospitals, providing them with medication dispensing/pharmacy…
In which I remind HHS of Einstein's point…
In a HealthcareITNews article on a recent breach, Erin McCann included this eye-catching statement: Out of the more than 80,000 HIPAA breach cases OCR has received since 2003, only 17 of them have resulted in fines thus far. To paraphrase Einstein, HHS might do well to remember that if they keep doing what they’ve always done,…
PA: Waiter skimmed customers’ cards
Amanda Christman reports that a man who waited tables at the Jumbo China Buffet in Hazle Township skimmed customers’ credit and debit card numbers. Read more on CitizensVoice. Probably wasn’t a great idea on his part to skim some police officers’ cards….