Rob Shaw and Lindsay Kines report: The British Columbia government knew seven months ago about a serious security breach involving sensitive personal information from 1,400 income-assistance clients, yet only notified the affected people last week, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned. RCMP officers found the missing documents inside the Victoria home of a government worker…
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TX: Hospital District Employees Fired for Violation
Andrea Watkins reports: A major breach in patient privacy at the Harris County Hospital District has caused 16 employees to lose their jobs. Melinda Muse, a hospital district spokeswoman, says the employees were fired because of HIPAA violations. […] HCHD says it will not confirm specific details on the privacy breach, but it released the…
Follow-up: Broker punished for dumping O.C. client data
Jeff Overley updates us on a previously reported breach: A Corona del Mar mortgage broker accused of dumping his clients’ financial information into public recycling bins has had his license suspended after declining to fight the allegations. According to state investigators, Paul Henry Reed, owner of Seaview Financial, closed his office in February, and boxes…
How many computers were stolen from your school district?
Okay, I don’t know if this is some kind of dysrecord, but in an AP story on a Detroit teacher accused of pawning one of the district’s laptops, it says: More than 500 district computers have been stolen over the past six months. I wonder what the numbers are like in other major urban school…
Former United Way Employee Sentenced for Damaging Charity’s Computer Network
A former United Way employee, Luis Robert Altamirano, was sentenced today on charges of computer fraud. Altamarino to 18 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In addition, the Court ordered him to pay more than $50,000 in restitution. Jeffery H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of…
TN: Farmers Insurance Clients’ Info Hacked
Jeremy Finley reports: A big insurance company has a problem with its computers. Federal agents searched two middle Tennessee homes after someone hacked into Farmers Insurance customers’ records. […] According to a statement sent to the Channel 4 I-Team from Farmers Insurance, someone obtained unauthorized computer access to some of their customers’ information in Nashville……..