The Canadian Press reports: The confidential health information of more than 100 southwestern Ontario residents has been breached. Bluewater Health and the North Lambton Community Health Centre have sent a letter of notification and apology to affected patients advising that personal information was inappropriately accessed. Bluewater Health privacy officer Karen Waymouth says a North Lambton…
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NJ: Private Seton Hall University student data exposed in e-mail
Personal information of 1,500 seniors – contained in an e-mail attachment – was accidentally sent to 400 students on Tuesday. The e-mail attachment, which was an Excel spreadsheet, listed the students’ names, home addresses, e-mail addresses, student identification numbers, majors, credit hours and grade point averages, according to a “Security Incident” e-mail sent Tuesday evening…
IN: Personal Info Found Dumped Outside School
The state is investigating after a box full of personal information was found dumped in a trash bin near a downtown school. …. A recent search turned up a box of payroll stubs from the Thai Cafe in Broad Ripple. […] The stubs, from the year 2000, had been in the possession of Richard Fischer,…
(Update) Capitol Hill credit card fraud wave ‘adjudicated’ — Secret Service task force claims break in case
jseattle reports: A special task force that combines Secret Service investigators with local law enforcement experts has made a major break in the case of a large wave of fraudulent activity involving credit card accounts belonging to people who live and work on Capitol Hill, CHS has learned. According to David A. Iacovetti, Special Agent…
Cook County appointment reminder system drops the ball on HIPAA
Neil Versel describes a situation that’s concerned me for a long time — automatic calls that reveal PHI if the person who answers the call says that they’re the person being dialed (even when they’re not!): Friday, “Cook County” popped up on the caller ID when I was on another call. Ditto for when I…
(Update) Ca: Teen hacker charged
Kate Dubinski reports: A 15-year-old hacker accused of breaking into the Thames Valley District school board’s website and exposing the passwords of 27,000 high school students has been criminally charged.The boy was arrested and charged with four criminal code offences: Intercepting a computer function – Fraudulently obtaining computing services. Using a computer with intent to…