A press release from the FBI, below, raises questions not only about fraud, but false notations in patients’ charts about treatment and the security of their charts. I am pleased to see that HHS was involved in this investigation and just wonder whether any corrective plan has been issued for the Temple University School of…
Author: Dissent
North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services Alerts Clients of Missing Records
George Crocker reports: North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) says a set of computer disks belonging to the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (DSDHH) may have been accidentally discarded and taken to a landfill during a recent office renovation. The agency is alerting it’s (sic) clients…
Pointer: A critique of Ponemon Institute methodology for “churn”
I’m delighted that Adam Shostack has posted a critique of a study that is often cited as support for the claim that data breaches cause brand harm: Ponemon’s US Cost of Data Breach Study. As background, some of us have been discussing on Twitter, blogging, and otherwise debating whether data breaches do, in fact, cause…
Trustwave 2011 Global Security Report Reveals Shift in Cybercrime
Missed apress release from Trustwave last week, but worth noting: Today Trustwave unveiled its 2011 Global Security Report, which reveals the target of attacks has shifted from traditional infrastructure to mobile users and endpoint devices. This trend combined with the popularity of mobile devices and social media is providing the perfect recipe for cybercriminals looking…
Third member of counterfeit credit card ring sentenced in California
The third and final member of a group of Chinese nationals involving in the trafficking of counterfeit credit cards has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for transmitting credit card numbers obtained on the Internet to others who used the information to make fraudulent purchases at San Gabriel Valley stores. Tong Zhang, also…
NM: Former PHS employee sentenced to prison in medical ID theft/fraud scheme
This morning, Senior United States District Judge C. LeRoy Hansen sentenced Albuquerque resident Christine Horning, 35, to a 24-month term of imprisonment to be followed by four-years supervised release based on her guilty pleas to aggravated identity theft and health care fraud. Judge Hansen also ordered Horning to pay $24,679.48 in restitution to Medicaid and…