Chris Swingle and Gary McLendon repport: About half of the 2,500 patient bills Strong Memorial Hospital mailed on April 19 went to the wrong patients, and this week the hospital sent letters apologizing to affected people and telling them to be alert to any possible misuse of their information. Spokeswoman Teri D’Agostino said a machine…
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Hacker steals 22,000 email address, demands Astley tune
Loek Essers reports: Dutch hacker Darkc0ke hijacked a radio station database containing 22,000 email addresses and threatened to publish them unless the station play Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” a variation of an internet meme known as “rickrolling.” Last weekend Darkc0ke mailed DJs from the Dutch nationwide radio station 3FM and issued his…
Strong notifies patients their bills may have gone to other people
Chris Swingle and Gary McLendon repport: About half of the 2,500 patient bills Strong Memorial Hospital mailed on April 19 went to the wrong patients, and this week the hospital sent letters apologizing to affected people and telling them to be alert to any possible misuse of their information. Spokeswoman Teri D’Agostino said a machine…
Stolen computers contained patients’ SSN
I really wish OCR would list the types of information involved in the breaches they report on their site. In digging into one of their newly added reports, however, I found that the incident did include SSN: Rockbridge Area Community Services State: Virginia Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 500 Date of Breach: 3/12/10 Type of…
PlainsCapital, former customer settle cyber fraud dispute
Chad Eric Watt reports on a case that made news because of who sued whom: PlainsCapital Bank has settled a lawsuit it brought against a Plano business after cyber thieves transferred more than $800,000 from the company’s PlainsCapital bank account. Hillary Machinery Inc. and PlainsCapital were able to recover about $600,000 of the funds sent…
VA and other new breach reports on OCR's breach list (updated)
OCR has updated its web site of reported breaches to now include the VA breach being reported in the news this week, as well as other breaches. Breaches not previously reported in the media or on this site are tagged with asterisks, below: Veterans Health Administration State: District of Columbia Business Associate Involved: Heritage Health…