Lindsay Nadric reports: Earlier this month Albertsons announced a data breach affecting customers who shopped in their stores any time between June 22, 2014 and July 17, 2014. Before Friday, it was unclear which stores were impacted, but fraud investigators with AB Acquisition LLC, the company Albertsons is using to provide complimentary consumer identity protection…
Month: August 2014
School board to hire lawyer to investigate leak
Gretchen Phillips reports: The St. Mary’s County Board of Education is hiring independent counsel to investigate an alleged leak of confidential personnel information involving a school system employee. The investigation comes at a cost of $300 an hour. Sal Raspa, school board chair, explained Thursday that after board members discussed investigating the disclosure of information…
Memorial Hermann Hospital: Employee accesses 10,000 patient medical records
Andy Cerota reports: Memorial Hermann Hospital is apologizing after a former employee accessed the medical records of more than 10,000 patients. A hospital spokesperson tells Local 2 News that protecting and securing patient information is a top priority. Letters are going out to those patients right now and Memorial Hermann has set up a call…
JPMorgan Chase alerts Louisiana that data breach possibly affects state-issued debit cards
Julia O’Donoghue reports: The personal information of Louisiana residents could be at risk because of another data breach involving state-issued debit cards. JPMorgan Chase has notified Louisiana’s government that someone had broken through the company’s security system and the personal information of residents using debit cards provided by three state agencies could be exposed. People who…
AltaMed Health Services notifies 2,995 patients whose information accessed by rogue temporary employee for identity theft
As part of its ongoing commitment to privacy and data security, AltaMed Health Services is notifying affected individuals of a recent incident that may affect the security of their personal and protected health information. The organization learned from local law enforcement of an ongoing criminal investigation of a former AltaMed temporary employee, and other individuals…
Update: More details emerge on Geekface breach
Earlier this week, I blogged about a breach involving Geekface. More details are now available, as they were provided to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. In its notification to the state, George Ryan, CEO, writes: Our server was breached on the 5th by someone with a Chinese IP, the main focus of the attacker…