Stephanie Fahlgren is under arrest for allegedly stealing personal information from dozens of New York Life Insurance policy holders and using the data for shopping sprees, according to federal authorities. Federal investigators say she acquired the username and password of a Sacramento insurance agent, which she used to get access to client information from her…
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FL man pleads guilty to credit card fraud
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, announced that Maikel Soto, 29, of Homestead, Florida, has pled guilty to conspiring to commit more than $1 million in credit card fraud throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, in violation of…
Stolen hospital laptop contained patient info
Another news story on a stolen laptop — this one from NorthShore University HealthSystem: The laptop was connected to equipment used by staff to treat patients. Just who took the laptop from the Evanston, IL-based facility—an employee, patient, or visitor—was not known. What was known was that 250 patients had personal information stored on the…
Records of Virginia Tech Gunman Discovered
Virginia Tech gunman Seung Hui Cho had been treated at the college’s counseling center before the shooting rampage in which he killed 32 students, contradicting earlier accounts of his psychiatric history, according to newly discovered mental health records located in the home of the center’s former director. According to a memo written by a university…
Baseball's Use of DNA Raises Questions
Confronted with cases of identity and age falsification by Latin American baseball prospects, Major League Baseball is conducting genetic testing on some promising young players and their parents. Many experts in genetics consider such testing a violation of personal privacy. Federal legislation, signed into law last year and scheduled to take effect Nov. 21, prohibits…
Nevada’s Security of Personal Information Law Post Two: The Breach Notice Requirements
From the FAQ provided by InfoSecCompliance: What triggers the security breach notice obligations under the Security Law? In order for the breach notice requirements to be triggered under the Security Law two general events must occur (with some sub-requirements discussed further below). First, there must have been a “breach of the security of the system…