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AvMed Data Breach Class Action Settlement Gets Final Approval – Payment To Be Made To Class Members Who Did Not Experience ID Theft

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Mark S. Melodia, Steven Boranian, Frederick Lah and Melissa A. Geist comment on the AvMed breach lawsuit settlement. The AvMed breach involving a stolen laptop with unencrypted information on 1.2 million people and lawsuit have been mentioned numerous times on the companion PHIprivacy.net blog (coverage linked from here). Last week, a judge for the Southern District…

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AvMed Data Breach Class Action Settlement Gets Final Approval – Payment To Be Made To Class Members Who Did Not Experience ID Theft

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Mark S. Melodia, Steven Boranian, Frederick Lah and Melissa A. Geist comment on the AvMed breach lawsuit settlement. The AvMed breach and lawsuit have been mentioned numerous times on this blog (coverage linked from here). Last week, a judge for the Southern District of Florida gave final approval  to a settlement between health insurance provider AvMed and…

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AvMed To Pay $3M To Settle Data Theft Suit With Customers

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

Law360.com reports that AvMed will pay $3 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed after the 2009 theft of laptops with information on 1.2 million people.  Previous coverage of the AvMed breach on this blog linked from here. As I commented recently, this breach appears to be a still-open investigation on HHS’s breach tool,…

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Proposed settlement in lawsuit over AvMed breach

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Dissent

Main Justice reports that there may be a settlement in the lawsuit over the AvMed breach that affected 1.2 million. As noted in previous coverage on this site, the lawsuit stemmed from the theft of two laptops from the firm’s Gainesville office in Florida in December 2009. Details of the settlement are not yet available,…

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SpamIt, Glavmed Pharmacy Networks Exposed

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Brian Krebs writes: An organized crime group thought to include individuals responsible for the notorious Storm and Waledac worms generated more than $150 million promoting rogue online pharmacies via spam and hacking, according to data obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com. In June 2010, an anonymous source using the assumed name “Despduck” began an e-mail correspondence with a key anti-spam…

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AvMed sued over loss of computers holding personal info

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Dissent

Anthony Clark reports: Five AvMed Health Plans customers filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the health insurer on behalf of 1.2 million people whose personal information was on two laptops that went missing from the company’s Gainesville office. AvMed officials said there are no known cases of identity theft connected to the incident. One of…

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