Carly Laird reports: Revelations that Medicare employees are being investigated for spying on customers’ personal information have renewed fears from privacy advocates that healthcare staff cannot be trusted. As the Federal Government works to bring in a national identity scheme for patients, around 400 cases have emerged of unauthorised snooping on people’s private records over…
Author: Dissent
New fraud reports linked to Heartland breach
Ann Butler reports: As many as 5,000 First National Bank of Durango customers may find they are unable to make purchases with their debit cards after a number of fraudulent transactions. “We’re trying to get ahead of this,” said Moni Grushkin, a senior vice president at the bank. “We want to minimize losses and protect…
(update) UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…
UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…
Payment Processing CEO Banned from the Business; Company Illegally Debited Millions from Consumers’ Bank Accounts
The chief executive officer of a payment processing company will be banned from the business as part of a settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that the company illegally debited millions of dollars in bogus charges from consumers’ bank accounts. In 2007, the FTC charged the executive, Tarzenea Dixon, her company, and others with processing…
Wiseguys indicted in $25 million CAPTCHA-bot scheme
NEWARK – Three men who used fraud, deceit, and computer hacking to make more than $25 million by acquiring and reselling more than 1.5 million of the most coveted tickets to concerts, sporting events, and live entertainment throughout the United States surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being charged in an Indictment, U.S. Attorney…