There’s an update to a large insider breach in April 2012 involving South Carolina’s Dept. of Health and Human Services Medicaid database. Christopher Lykes, who was indicted in February 2013 and pleaded guilty in October 2013, has been sentenced to 3 years of probation and 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty to 4 counts of unlawful…
Month: November 2014
“We thought we had done all that could be done to protect your information.” (update)
Even those who are conscientious may find themselves having to notify consumers of a breach, as One Love Organics discovered last month. In a letter dated October 30 and signed by Suzanne LeRoux, President of the Georgia-based, LeRoux writes: We had performed the required security and hardening procedures required by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (“PCI…
ONC finds consumers distrust EHRs enough to withhold information
Erin McCann reports: American consumers have deep enough concerns about the privacy and security of electronic medical records that some even withheld information from care providers. Perhaps even more telling: That’s according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. After surveying more than 2,000 consumers, ONC officials found that about three-quarters of…
Lyft Accuses Former COO Of Stealing Confidential Documents Before Joining Uber
Ryan Lawler reports: On-demand rides startup Lyft is taking its former COO Travis VanderZanden to court for breach of his confidentiality agreement and fiduciary duty weeks after the executive joined arch-rival Uber. In a complaint filed this afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court, Lyft claims VanderZanden downloaded a number of non-public company documents to his personal Dropbox account…
KS: Former G.E. Consumer Finance Employee Sentenced On Federal Computer Fraud Charge
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – An Olathe man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for computer fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Ryan Cauble, 41, Olathe, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud. In his plea, he admitted he committed the crime while he worked for G.E. Consumer Finance, a saving…
Detroit-Area Man Arrested in Connection with Home Health Care Fraud Scheme
Here’s another case where Medicare beneficiaries participated in a Medicare fraud scheme, but do not seem to have been charged with any crime and would likely be counted as medical identity theft “victims” in statistical analyses: A Detroit-area resident was arrested today for his role in a $2.7 million home health care fraud scheme. Assistant…