In the justice system: In Ohio, Glenn E. Spencer Jr., a restaurant worker at N Two Deep Fish & Chicken was arrested and charged with using stolen credit card numbers to steal nearly $5,000. It wasn’t clear whether he stole the numbers from customers or co-workers. More. Thea Ann Coogan of California was sentenced to…
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Aetna server compromised; 65,000 notified
Tom Murphy of Associated Press reports that Aetna, Inc. learned that a web site maintained by a vendor had been compromised earlier this month. Files on the web site included about 450,000 email addresses for job applicants, but even more ominously, names, addresses, employment histories, and Social Security numbers of about 65,000 current and former…
Students’ Social Security Nos. Found In Dumpster
KYPost.com reports that a four-page list with more than 140 Warren County Virtual school students’ names, addresses, birth dates, and social security numbers was found in a recycling dumpster. The school is investigating the breach.
NL: Regional medical dossiers breach privacy rules
From Radio Netherlands: The Data Protection Authority (CBP) says details of people’s medical history are being stored in regional electronic dossiers without their knowledge. The CBP statement is based on investigations into two electronic regional dossiers. It is likely that people who have refused to allow their details to be recorded in the national electronic…
Eighteen charged in NY bank fraud, ID theft scheme
Reuters reports that 18 people have been indicted in New York City for operating a bank fraud and identity theft scheme that resulted in the cashing of more than 1,000 counterfeit checks at several large banks. The defendants are accused of obtaining bank customers’ personal data with the help of insiders who they recruited for…
Fee webinar series in June
The Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) June 2009 Seminar Series Cost: Free Background: Between March 2008 and April 2009, a group of 42 states and territories participated in seven collaborative projects that sought to produce common, replicable solutions to various privacy and security challenges related to electronic health information exchange. Schedule and Registration:…