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…
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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…
OCR's web site criticized for "bare bones" approach
Over on the Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus raises an issue that I raised here last week: the fact that some breaches on the Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR’s) list of breached covered health care entities shield the entity’s name and merely lists the entity as “Private Practice.” Referring to the breaches posted on OCR’s…
Hacker broke into Bennett College office computer
Jennifer Fernandez reports: A Bennett College official said today that someone hacked a computer in the business office the weekend of Feb. 13, accessing personal information of potentially 1,100 employees and students. DeQuan Jones, director of information technology, said he believes it is the first time that personal information has been hacked at the all-women’s…