An interesting federal case in the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division reminds us that the HIPAA statute does not provide for a private cause of action. And so, when the Ohio Hospital for Psychiatry sought to compel a former employee to return patient information she had allegedly removed improperly, the court had to deny…
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Blizzard.net hacked
From their official statement: Even when you are in the business of fun, not every week ends up being fun. This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps to close off this access and began working with law enforcement and security…
CQ Roll Call and Bloomberg Issue Joint Statement
From their press release: The Economist Group and Bloomberg have discovered that certain former CQ employees now employed by Bloomberg were able to use the log-ins and passwords supplied to them during their employment by CQ to continue to access such information while working for Bloomberg and allowed a small number of other Bloomberg employees…
WI: Former AmericInn employee charged with stealing customers’ info
Vickie Mrotek reports: A 19-year-old Medford man accused of stealing credit card information is now charged with 65 felonies. Investigators say the crimes happened while Nicholas Johnson worked at the AmericInn hotel in Medford late last year. Read more on WSAW.com
Audit finds private information on Illinois Commerce site
Associated Press reports: The Illinois state auditor found significant personal information about consumers filing complaints with the Illinois Commerce Commission published on the agency’s website. Auditor General William Holland reported Thursday that the public could search the ICC’s “e-Docket” complaint system and find names and addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and even credit…
BNSF Railway employees report credit fraud
Jenny Michael reports that approximately 100 employees of BNSF Railway have had their “nonpublic personal information” used to fraudulently open accounts in their names. The railway’s response? “At this time, we do not believe that BNSF’s information security processes or technology systems have been compromised,” the statement said. “BNSF is working with law enforcement agencies to fully investigate…