Matt Coyne reports that a former employee of Segmark Solutions was able to hack into their computer systems, causing $7,000 damage to the system and misusing corporate credit card numbers. My question is how was he able to do that? Did he really hack into the system or was his access not terminated when he left…
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Auditors claim inmates had access to patient Social Security numbers
Tricia Bishop reports: A Maryland corrections division that provides inmate labor has backed out of a data entry contract with the health department after state auditors found that prisoners had access to some patients’ personal information, which was supposed to have been redacted from documents, but occasionally wasn’t. The findings were included in a Legislative…
Patient’s records found outside Aberdeen hospital
Niamh Burns reports: An investigation is under way after patient records were left lying outside Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Loose sheets containing personal information about a patient’s medical history were found in the back of a wheelchair at an Aberdeen Royal Infirmary side entrance. Read more on Evening Express.
Nearly 200 Baton Rouge high school students fall victim to identity theft
Amber Stegall reports: The Baton Rouge Police Department is conducting an identity theft investigation involving at least 187 potential victims, all students at a Baton Rouge high school, and the suspect in the case is a 17-year-old student from the school. The investigation began on January 17, 2012 when Uniformed Patrol officers conducted a traffic…
Regions says employee 401k data lost when auditor Ernst & Young mailed flash drive and code key together
Russell Hubbard reports: Personal information about Regions Financial Corp. current and former employees was lost in November when a flash drive with the data came up missing after being mailed by outside auditor Ernst & Young in the same envelope as the decryption code. Read more on al.com.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine notifying patients after flash drive stolen from pathologist's car
The Miami Herald reports that U. of Miami is notifying 1,219 patients after a flash drive with unencrypted patient data was stolen from a pathologist’s car in November. From the FAQ on the breach: What Happened? On November 24, 2011 a vehicle belonging to a Pathologist from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine…