Regular readers may have noticed that there have been no updates since yesterday. That’s when I got an emergency call that my elderly mom had been rushed to the hospital. I will be mostly offline for the next few days or week. Eventually, I’ll get my blogs updated and email responded to. Im the meantime,…
Author: Dissent
Maintenance Note
Regular readers may have noticed that there have been no updates since yesterday. That’s when I got an emergency call that my elderly mom had been rushed to the hospital. I will be mostly offline for the next few days or week. Eventually, I’ll get my blogs updated and email responded to. Im the meantime,…
Molina Medicare enrollees notified of RxAmerica mailing error that disclosed PHI
Last month, I reported that RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance were notifying 175,000 Medicare beneficiaries that a mailing error exposed their medication name, date of birth, and member ID. It seems that Molina Medicare enrollees were also affected. A notice on their home page says: Attention current or former members of Molina Medicare, Healthy Advantage HMO…
UNLV says maybe they were breached, but if they were, it was in 2008??
Molly Waldron reports on a situation at University of Nevada Las Vegas: UNLV has reported a possible information security breach that took place in 2008. A spokesman at the school confirmed Tuesday evening that about 2,000 current and former UNLV employees, were being notified that their information, including Social Security numbers, may have been accessed….
User details stolen from Tas Govt
Darren Paul reports: Hackers claim to have made off with 1800 usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords held by the Tasmanian Government. Emails are linked to state agencies including Departments of Premier and Cabinet; Treasury; Infrastructure, Energy and Resources; Health and Human Services; Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment; and Economic Development, Tourism and the…
TN: College, government officials among fraud victims in Gallatin area
There’s a rash of card fraud in Gallatin, Tennessee, and authorities have not yet identified the point of compromise. On July 20, Sarah Kingsbury reported: A recent outbreak of credit card fraud has victimized at least two dozen consumers around Gallatin and Hendersonville, including government and college officials. Volunteer State Community College Dean of Humanities…