As always, consider the source. Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas has an OpEd in the Washington Examiner that begins: It’s been said a thousand times: Congress had to pass President Obama’s health care law in order to find out what’s in it. But, despite the repetitiveness, the level of shock from each new discovery never…
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NC: Greenville Medical Tech Arrested For Identity Theft
Kristen Hunter reports: A medical technician is behind bars, charged with using medical records in a series of financial frauds. 27-year-old, Kelly Marie O’Neal has been arrested on 16 counts of identity theft and 16 counts of obtaining property by false pretense. She’s in the Pitt County Jail tonight on a $20,000 secured bond. Detectives…
Some retirees’ personal information lost in mail
Associated Press reports: The personal information of thousands of U.S. Steel Mining retirees and their dependents has been lost in the mail. Benefits Administration Services said Friday that a password-protected CD it had put in the mail in August never reached its destination. BAS is a provider of benefits administration services for the United States…
Ca: Confidential medical records found on Calgary street
Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating after iNews880 partner station, CHQR (QR77) in Calgary, was handed detailed medical records which a source says were found on a street. Information contained in the files includes names, birth dates, and surgical procedures. […] The investigation is expected to take several weeks. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is…
UTSA Honors College informs students of computer security incident
The University of Texas at San Antonio has posted a breach notice on the university’s site: The University of Texas at San Antonio is informing 688 students and prospective students who either enrolled in or applied to courses in the Honors College that an unauthorized user may have gained access to information about them. Those…
(follow-up) OH: Silence not broken nearly a year after security breach
The student paper at Ohio State University has continued to try to get answers to their questions about a breach at OSU last year that affected 760,000. You can read Ally Marotti’s recent update on The Lantern. The coverage paints an unflattering picture of the university in terms of transparency following the breach. Could the…