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Author: Dissent

Virginia Adds Medical Information Breach Notice Law

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Dissent

David Navetta writes: The state of Virginia has passed a breach notice law requiring notice of security breaches involving medical information. […] “Breach of the security of the system” means unauthorized access and acquisition of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of medical information maintained by an individual or…

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MN: Wave of identity theft hits Stillwater residents

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Dissent

Kevin Giles reports: Credit card numbers stolen from a Stillwater bar and restaurant were being used worldwide Wednesday with charges in some cases approaching $1,200. “Right now there are several victims,” said Police Chief John Gannaway. More people were calling his department in the morning after a Stillwater resident posted a warning on Facebook. Read…

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Woman charged with using Tulsa hospital information in fraud plot

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dissent

David Harper reports: A Sand Springs woman has been indicted on allegations that she used personal identifying information she garnered from her then-employer’s computer system as part of a fraudulent credit card and stolen mail scheme. Betty R. Warden, 45, exceeded her authorized computer-access authority at St. Francis Hospital to obtain things such as Social…

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Taxman rakes in hundreds of millions thanks to stolen bank data

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dissent

Germany is still raking in hundreds of millions of euros from tax dodgers thanks to stolen Liechtenstein bank information purchased in 2008, just as new Swiss data is scaring droves of offenders to turn themselves in. According to daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, some €626 million in back taxes have flowed into government coffers due to voluntary…

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Hospital Says Patient Info Missing

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dissent

Providence Hospital (Michigan), like all medical facilities, is required by federal law to safeguard patients’ private information. But the hospital has sent letters alerting patients that a hard drive used for backing up data has been “lost or stolen from a locked office suite.” The hospital explained that the data included patient names, medical record…

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TN: Medical Records, Waste Dumped In Mansion

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dissent

Jeremy Finley reports: State health officials and emergency management officials are trying to determine who dumped piles of medical records and waste in an abandoned Springfield mansion. […] There are rooms filled with medical records, boxes and boxes of the most private of information, all laying alongside the medical waste, discarded like trash. It’s also…

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