Here’s one that likely won’t show up on HHS’s public breach tool because of the numbers involved, but it’s an insider breach.
Specialized Eye Care in Baltimore discovered that one of its employees stole the checking account information (name, address, routing and account number) of approximately 28 patients and the credit card information of approximately 22 patients. Of the stolen data, 12 credit card numbers and 4 checking accounts appear to have been misused.
The breach was discovered on June 11, and the SPEC terminated the employee, and reported the incident to the police, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, and the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City. Patients were notified by phone within 48 hours and by regular mail less than two weeks later.
Significantly, SPEC’s notification to patients indicates that they do not store checking account or credit card information in their computer system, but the “sinister” and “unscrupulous” former employee “secretly recorded the information in the course of her duties of processing patient payments.”
Those notified were advised to monitor their credit reports, but were not offered any free credit monitoring services.