A recent update to HHS’s public breach tool includes an incident affecting patients of Indian Territory Home Health and Hospice (“Aspire Home Health and Hospice”). From a statement on their web site: On August 10, 2015, Indian Territory Home Health and Hospice, LLC, DBA “Aspire Home Care and Hospice” learned that it was the target…
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Former Assistant Band Director Sentenced for Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Former Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
There’s a follow-up to a case previously reported on this site. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida: A former assistant band director was sentenced today to 61 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $129,321 for his participation…
Miami-Dade patient information compromised
Daniel Chang reports: About 150 clients of the Florida Department of Health’s Children’s Medical Services program in Miami-Dade may have had their personal information compromised after vendors were faxed a clinic roster containing names, birth dates and membership numbers, agency officials reported Friday. […] The breach occurred when four vendors that provide services to the…
In wake of OPM breach, DoD proposes hack victim database
Roy Urrico reports: Weeks after the Federal government began sending snail mail notifications to the 21.5 million victims of the Office of Personnel Management breach, the Department of Defense proposed creating a hack victims database. The Pentagon’s proposed database, the Defense Manpower Data Center, would store the information in a “holding file,” according to an…
NZ: Law breach likely over Hager bank data
NZME reports: A legal expert says police have probably broken the law by obtaining the personal bank information of journalist Nicky Hager without a court order. Court records show detectives investigating the hacking of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater’s computer obtained nearly 10 months of transactions from Mr Hager’s accounts from Westpac without the legal…
B.C. privacy breach lawsuit against RCMP may expand
Jeremy Lye reports: A lawsuit citing an alleged privacy breach of two former Mounties’ medical files could be getting bigger. Derrick Ross and David Reichert filed a civil claim earlier this month that the RCMP unlawfully accessed their confidential counselling records without their knowledge. Meanwhile Rob Creasser of the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada…