From their web site: Montefiore Health System is notifying certain patients about a security incident involving information that was stolen by a former employee. The employee compromised the information of 12,517 patients, which included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, next of kin information, and health insurance details. The theft occurred between January 2013…
Month: June 2015
Seek and ye shall find: CareFirst notifies brokers and members of 2014 breach
Sometimes doing the right thing can be costly. In the wake of increasing attacks on health insurers (e.g., Anthem, Premera), CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield retained Mandiant to do an end-to-end assessment of their information security environment. The assessment included multiple scans to determine if there was any evidence of any attack. On April 21, 2015, Mandiant uncovered evidence…
FL: Tax Fraudster Receives 27-Year Prison Sentence; Scheme Used Stolen Patient Information
Some of the breaches mentioned in this press release had been covered on PHIprivacy.net. Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced James Lee Cobb, III (27, Tampa) to 27 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity…
UK: Routh online pet supply store owners jailed for fraud
BBC reports: A mother and son who scammed more than £500,000 from customers of their online pet supply store have been jailed. Mechelle Chatfield, 47, and her son Ian, 28, used their customers credit card details to take small amounts of money between 2010 and 2012. They submitted 35,000 card entries for websites they ran…
No private info exposed in 2nd Lewisburg Area School District breach
Marcia Moore reports: A second computer breach in the Lewisburg Area School District in March did not expose any personal student or staff information, Superintendent Mark DiRocco said. Unlike the October incident in which the FBI was called to assist the Buffalo Valley Regional Police investigating a Lewisburg student who twice hacked a school cafeteria…
Newark police captain charged in data theft suspended without pay, officials say
Vernal Coleman reports: The Newark police captain arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged data theft scheme has been suspended, Newark Police Department spokesman Sergeant Ronald Glover confirmed. Captain Anthony Buono, 60, of Millstone, was upon his arrest immediately suspended from active duty without pay pending the outcome of the investigation and trial, Glover said. Read more…