Matt Grant reports that more than 100 UCF students have had their debit and credit cards compromised after using them on campus. UCF does not yet know whether this is due to an wifi encryption issue connected to the payment processing. Read more on WESH.
Month: September 2016
Former Employee of Rhode Island Pain Clinic Charged in Connection with Fraudulent Billing Scheme
BOSTON – A former employee of a pain management clinic was charged Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to falsify patient medical records in order to obtain payments from the Medicare program and commercial insurance companies. Moustafa Moataz Aboshady, 33, an Egyptian national residing in Lake Forest, Calif., was indicted…
SC: County auditor files legal complaint against county, treasurer over release of personal records
Erin Heffernan reports: A top Beaufort County elected official filed a legal complaint this week claiming the county and its treasurer compromised his family’s privacy by releasing personal information to a political adversary. Beaufort County Auditor Jim Beckert filed the complaint Sept. 29 in Beaufort County Common Pleas Court against both Beaufort County and County…
UPDATE: 5,000 Marin Medical Practices Concepts patient records lost during recovery from ransomware attack
In August, I noted a ransomware attack on Marin Medical Practices Concepts (MMPC), a business associate providing billing and EMR services to many physicians. The ransomware prevented the physicians from accessing patient records for more than 10 days, and Marin decided to pay an undisclosed amount of ransom. In an August 4 statement, however, they…
City Hall mum on burglary at Mama Lucy Hospital, medical records, vouchers gone
Chrispinus Wekesa reports: The Nairobi government has remained silent after the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital was burglaried (sic) and medical records stolen. Staff at the hospital said on Tuesday night, unknown people broke into the procurement office and stole medical records. Health CEC Bernard Muia and superintendent Musa Mohamed were reluctant to speak to the Star….
FeverClan responds to notification of claimed breach
A claimed breach involving gaming community FeverClan, announced on Twitter last night, has FeverClan in response mode. @Allergically announced the hack: Feverclan.com with over 50,000 Users was hacked on 9/28/16 Hashed Passwords, Emails, Ip’s, and more.@pr0jekkt @FeverClan pic.twitter.com/MhzVuxMf7s — ️️️️ (@Allergically) September 29, 2016 It appears that @Pr0jekkt is taking credit for it: @Allergically @FeverClan…