Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R, was sentenced on Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud for his role as a “casher” (one who withdraws cash using stolen bank account information) in the 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay. “The 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay was one…
Month: July 2017
Alabama Man Indicted in Alleged $19 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama returned an indictment, which was unsealed, charging a Phenix City, Alabama resident with conspiring to file fraudulent refund claims, mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney A….
Insurer glitch sends erroneous reports to 657 employers
Holly Fletcher reports: A computer glitch at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee resulted in some member reports being sent to group benefit administrators. The breach did not include social security numbers, addresses, bank or financial information or health information. Because of the glitch, 657 employers who have accounts with BCBST received information meant for other companies…
University of Vermont Medical Center notifies 2,300 patients of phishing incident
The University of Vermont Medical Center takes seriously the privacy and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an incident involving some of that information. On May 24, 2017, we learned an unauthorized third party gained access to an employee’s email account on May 22, 2017. We immediately shut down the employee’s…
Tewksbury Hospital clerk snooped in patient records – for 14 years!
Felice J. Freyer reports: A clerk at the state-run Tewksbury Hospital inappropriately viewed the electronic medical records of 1,100 patients from 2003 to 2017, the Department of Public Health revealed Friday. The clerk, who no longer works at the hospital, had access to records as part of her job, but snooped into patient files she…
D.C. District Court Expands Government Contractors’ Exposure to Consumer Data Breach Class Actions
Michael Breslin, Christian Henel, Jon Neiditz, and Gunjan Talati of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP write: The United States District Court for the District of Columbia recently endorsed private citizens bringing data breach claims directly against a government contractor where the contractor failed adequately to safeguard the citizens’ personal information. In McDowell v. CGI Federal…