Dennis East International (DEI) reports that its website, which is hosted by Omeganet of Georgia (a/k/a/ CAMEO EZ) experienced two recent security breaches. The first incident affects some customers (who are all retailers) who placed orders on DEI’s website between June 1 and June 13 of this year. Omeganet informed DEI that some customers may…
Month: July 2014
Oakland School Employees Are ID Theft Victims after Records Were Left in Abandoned HQ
More details on this breach: The Oakland Unified School District abandoned its dilapidated headquarters in January 2013 after a janitor left a faucet on overnight and flooded the building. Educators departed and the homeless moved in, but no one bothered to remove or secure records that were scattered throughout the building. The folly of that…
Miami-Dade Resident Pleads Guilty In Stolen Identity Tax Fraud Scheme
Karla A. Wilkerson, 26, of Miami, pled guilty yesterday to one count of possession of fifteen or more access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3), and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A. Sentencing is scheduled for October 10, 2014. At…
AU: Catch of the Day Hacked Three Years Ago, Personal Details Stolen
Campbell Phillips reports on what appears to be a large breach involving an Australian e-tailer: Accounts registered with CatchOfTheDay before May 7, 2011 have been compromised according to a recent email to all of the business’ subscribers. As the email states, the breach occurred in early 2011 and is described as an “illegal cyber intrusion,…
VA uses patient privacy to go after whistleblowers, critics say
Joe Davidson reports: Is the Department of Veterans Affairs hiding behind HIPAA to hit federal whistleblowers? Citing patient privacy, managers have threatened VA employees or retaliated against those who complain about agency misconduct, according to a key congressman and the union that represents most of the department’s employees. The “VA routinely uses HIPAA as an…
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates contacts patients after office burglary
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates in Sausalito, California has been notifying patients of breach it experienced on May 19, when their office was burglarized and three desktop computers were stolen. To their credit, patient information on the computers was encrypted – except for one Excel spreadsheet, it seems. In their July 10th letter to those affected, they write: We are…