Yesterday, I linked to an article in Dallas Morning News about a former Parkland Memorial Hospital employee who will plead guilty to misusing patient information for a Medicare fraud scheme. That breach had previously been reported on this blog in 2011. The problem with the type of Medicare fraud involving home health care services he…
Month: November 2014
Florida man convicted in sale of mental health patient data
Time to play “Now Which Breach Was This and Did We Know About It?” Wisly Toussaint, of Miami, Florida, was convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b), two counts of access device fraud, in violation of Title…
Philadelphia settles lawsuit over disclosing gun permit appeals online
Gina Passarella reports that there has been final court approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit that stemmed from a breach in 2012. The case was Doe v. City of Philadelphia. Read her coverage on Philly.com, and see this July 2014 press release with attached court filings.
OH: More details emerge on Willard Park Garage breach
Cory Shaffer reports: The vendor that runs the parking garage under Cleveland City Hall confirmed a data breach in late October potentially compromised sensitive information of hundreds of people who park in the garage. Ken Russo, director of support services for Datapark, confirmed in a city-issued statement that the company’s financial security system had been breached,…
Luck Played Role in Discovery of Data Breach at JPMorgan Affecting Millions
Matthew Goldstein and Nicole Perlroth report: When it comes to defending a large company against an online attack, sometimes luck and timing can mean as much as spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on computer security. The broad attack this summer on JPMorgan Chase, which compromised information for 76 million households and seven…
Vodacom exposed some subscriber details after software update; issue fixed
On October 27, Business Tech reported: Vodacom is providing information which uniquely identifies you as a subscriber to websites you visit while on its data network. This was revealed by an online tool created by security researcher, Kenneth White. Among the data, Vodacom subscribers are inadvertently providing to web servers their phone number and a…