On June 4, 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigative Division notified Kaplan University (KU) that a former KU employee had stolen some students’ information, but placed a stay on notifying the affected students because of the criminal investigation. That stay was lifted this month, and KU began notifying affected students…
Month: February 2015
NC: Lost thumb drive had personal info of 5,300 former Pitt Community College students
WITN reports: Thousands of former Pitt Community College students could have their personal information at risk after the college says a computer thumb drive was lost. PCC says some 5,300 full names, social security numbers, and addresses of the former students were on the drive that was lost January 21st.. Rick Owens, vice president of…
Controversy over 2006 Ernst & Young breach continues
In September, I reported a case in Canada involving Mark Morris, a man who purchased decommissioned hardware from Ernst & Young in 2006 that he claimed had not been properly wiped. Morris had been employed by Synergy Partners, a firm Ernst & Young bought in 2003. He had purchased at least two servers and dozens of devices…
GA: Four Sentenced On Card Fraud Charges
Four men from Tampa, Florida were sentenced today in Georgia. All four defendants entered guilty pleas to possessing unauthorized access devices on October 23, 2014. According to facts stipulated in their plea agreements, on May 9, 2014, a Lowndes County, Georgia deputy stopped the vehicle in which the four were travelling on Interstate 75. During…
Hack Attack That Hit NYC Emails May Have Come from Russia: Sources
Jeff Mays and Murray Weiss report: The hacking attack that left city agencies unable to receive some emails last week may have originated from somewhere near Russia and was an attempt to scam city employees and others out of money, according to law enforcement sources. And it may be more widespread than previously believed, with workers at…
Update to HHS breach tool provides insight to OCR's response to insider data theft
Back in April 2013, this site noted a breach involving Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. The breach, which involved data theft for a tax refund fraud ring, had been reported to Shands by law enforcement in October 2012, and arrests were made in January 2013. Over 14,000 patients were notified in April after a law enforcement stay…