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Author: Dissent

Mass. man sentenced for using another's insurance

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that medical identity theft carries a steep penalty: A Massachusetts man who committed health care fraud by using someone else’s Medicare health insurance to get care at Portsmouth Regional Hospital has been sentenced to four years in prison. […] Rabbia admitted he used another person’s identification information to obtain health care…

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RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance notify 175,000 Medicare beneficiaries that mailing error exposed their medication name, date of birth, and member ID

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance Company, providers of drug benefits to eligible beneficiaries under the Medicare Part D program, issued the following statement today regarding a recent patient information issue: “RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance Company have notified Medicare Part D beneficiaries enrolled in the company’s Prescription Drug Plans that some of their personal information may have…

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NATO e-bookshop discloses “probable” data breach (Updated)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

In an example of how to leave breach watchers scratching their heads, NATO issued the following statement on its site yesterday: 23 Jun. 2011 Probable data breach from a NATO-related website Police dealing with digital crimes have notified NATO of a probable data breach from a NATO-related website operated by an external company. NATO’s e-Bookshop…

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Laptops containing personal information stolen from council building in Kirkby

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

John Siddle reports: Laptops believed to contain taxi drivers’ personal details were stolen from a Merseyside council building. Twenty-one computers, together worth thousands of pounds, are believed to have also contained the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of cab drivers. Details of environmental health inspections were also stored on the Knowsley…

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Sony laid off employees before data breach: Lawsuit

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

Reuters reports: Sony Corp laid off employees in a unit responsible for network security two weeks before a massive data breach, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Sony also spent lavishly on security to protect its own corporate information, while failing to do the same for its customers’ data, the proposed class action lawsuit…

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State extends contract with company that lost West Aurora, Kaneland schools information

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

Do training using real data?  Neither necessary nor smart…. and yet their contract is extended? Matt Brennan reports: West Aurora and Kaneland were the only school districts in the Fox Valley impacted when two laptop computers were recently stolen that contained the personal information of more than 10,000 students and staff from 42 school districts…

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