Tim Trainor reports: Customers at a number of local banks and credit unions have reported fraudulent activity in their personal accounts, and area bankers recommend keeping a close eye on your finances over the next few days. Bob Nysteun, president of Glacier Bank, said Friday that he has heard from a number of customers recently…
Author: Dissent
Mountain Vista Medical Center notifies 2,284 endoscopy patients of missing records
A few mainstream media news organizations such as Arizona Republic and KPHO are reporting a breach involving Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, AZ. A notice posted to the medical center’s site dated December 10 says: On October 13, 2010, Mountain Vista Medical Center became aware that compact memory data cards containing information related to procedures occurring January…
Ca: Veteran ‘shocked’ after receiving medical records of other military members
Alison Auld of The Canadian Press reports: The Department of Defence has launched an investigation after a former member of the Canadian Forces found sensitive health and personal information about other military personnel in his medical file. Wayne Finn said he was stunned to discover everything from other service members’ social insurance numbers, blood test…
Ca: Veteran 'shocked' after receiving medical records of other military members
Alison Auld of The Canadian Press reports: The Department of Defence has launched an investigation after a former member of the Canadian Forces found sensitive health and personal information about other military personnel in his medical file. Wayne Finn said he was stunned to discover everything from other service members’ social insurance numbers, blood test…
Gawker Media is compromised. The responsible parties reach out to TNW (updated)
Matt Brian reports: As we reported earlier, it appeared that the Gawker Media organization’s social media accounts (namely Twitter) had been compromised. While Twitter specifically appears to have been fixed, there’s more to the story. We have been in touch, personally, with the a member of the party responsible for the attack and it appears that the compromised…
TX: Tax returns and loan documents found unshredded in dumpster
Andy Liscano reports: Someone mailed an envelope anonymously to Action Ten’s Andy Liscano. It didn’t have a return address on it. But inside were tax returns and loan documents for 7 Corpus Christi residents. Sensitive personal information that, in the wrong hands, could potentially be disastrous for these people. One of them is a Corpus…