NORFOLK, Va. – Cameron Allen, 27, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Dymond Chappelle, 19, of Portsmouth, Va., was also sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud….
Month: August 2014
Travelers must defend business associate in data breach lawsuit
Kira Lerner reports: A Virginia federal judge ruled on Thursday that Travelers Indemnity Co. of America must defend Portal Healthcare Solutions LLC against class allegations that it posted confidential medical records online, finding that the Travelers policy covered electronic publication of private information.U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee granted Portal’s motion for summary judgment and…
Colorado's Kaiser Permanente sent patient letters to wrong parties
Electa Draper reports: Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of Colorado reported Friday it mailed letters meant for one group of patients to the wrong patients on July 24. A mailing from Kaiser’s Population Care and Prevention Services Department was processed incorrectly, with some letters going to the wrong parties, officials said. The letter described a chronic…
Data breach possibly affects more than 500 in N.C.
An Alpharetta, Ga.-based medical company suffered a data breach that may have affected 570 North Carolinians. A subcontractor for 24 ON Physicians PC “inadvertently failed to secure a computer server containing patient account information,” the company said today in a news release. The failure occurred between December and April. The information included invoice numbers, charge…
Friday reminder on the importance of background checks (updated)
San Mateo Medical Center is offering current and former employees three years of identity theft protection services because someone they hired for their payroll unit failed to disclosed a prior conviction for identity theft and they didn’t discover the conviction until after the employee had access to payroll data. Although an investigation disclosed no evidence…
Chicago Yacht Club hacked
Shia Kapos reports: The Chicago Yacht Club has reported a data breach involving credit and debit cards of its high-profile members. “Regrettably, the Club suffered a computer security incident that may involve your personal information,” wrote Commodore Gerald Bober in a July 31 letter to members. Read more on Chicago Business.