Jessica Fargen reports: A recent data breach at Logan International Airport involving a TSA contract worker, coming amid other high-profile Transportation Security Administration lapses, casts another cloud over a federal agency engulfed in turmoil. In the latest snafu, a Lynn couple is due back in court Wednesday, accused of selling the identities of at least…
Author: Dissent
Now what/which military breaches were these?
The Department of Navy (DON) CIO recently blogged: A few weeks ago, I received a letter from the Commanding Officer of my Navy Operational Support Center. While I am no stranger to trouble, I still wondered what had warranted such a letter. Much to my chagrin, it was sent to notify me that (for the…
Michael Jackson's dad demands medical records
Not for the celebrity aspect, but for the privacy issue: Michael Jackson’s father, Joseph Jackson aka Joe, has subpoenaed UCLA Medical center for Michael’s medical and other records because he believes the records reveal foul play in his son’s death. Brian Oxman, Joe’s lawyer, sent 2 subpoenas to UCLA Medical Center, where Michael Jackson was…
Suits filed over Aurora's use of medical data in bankruptcy cases
Bruce Vielmetti reports: Susan Dandridge knew that when she sought protection in bankruptcy court last year, information about her debts and income would go into a public court file. “It’s old bills and stuff from my earlier life I’m trying to clean up,” said the 53-year-old admissions adviser at Herzing University, a for-profit college with…
Looking back on 2009
The breach of Heartland Payment Systems grabbed the headlines for much of the year and the entire population of Belize had their birth details stolen when a government employee left a laptop in a car, but what else went on? Your details, my friend, were blowing in the wind Although the number of breaches involving…
Philadelphia woman charged in ID theft ring
On December 14, United States Attorney Michael L. Levy announced the filing of a two-count information (pdf) charging Cursheena Patterson, age 24, of Philadelphia, with one count of conspiracy to commit unauthorized access fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to the information, from October through December, 2008, Patterson allegedly obtained the names,…