WSOCTV reports that a burglar who broke into East Burke Christian Ministries stole a computer containing personal information and Social Security numbers of more than 1,000 people who sought help from the ministry.
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Medical groups oppose federal identity theft policy
Nancy L. Perkins of Orthpedics Today reports: Health care professionals are potentially at risk of federal sanctions if they had not implement a written program to prevent identity theft by August 1. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), health care providers who regularly bill patients for services after they are rendered are “creditors†within…
Two email gaffes expose Dutch subscribers’ email addresses
Dutch newsletter subscribers seem to be having a tough time recently keeping their email addresses private. According to Karin Spaink‘s blog, first the police accidentally exposed 650 newsletter recipients’ addresses in the cc-field instead of using the bcc-field of a newsletter, and then Het Dagblad van het Noorden exposed a .txt file with 32.781 e-mail…
HI: Security Breach Affects 15,487 KCC Students
KITV reports: More than 15,000 students at Kapiolani Community College face an identity theft risk because of an Internet security breach, school officials said. School officials found a computer on April 15 with the personal information of 15, 487 students who applied for financial aid between January 2004 and April 15 that was infected with…
Update: Virginia Health Data Potentially Held Hostage
Thomas Claburn of InformationWeek reports: An extortion demand posted on WikiLeaks seeks $10 million to return over 8 million patient records and 35 million prescriptions allegedly stolen from Virginia Department of Health Professions. The note reads: “ATTENTION VIRGINIA I have your sh**! In *my* possession, right now, are 8,257,378 patient records and a total of…
Ohio Heritage Bank replaces cards due to HPY breach (updated)
Heartland Payment Systems may be back in VISA’s good graces as PCI-Compliant, but the impact of the breach continues to emerge. Leonard Hayhurst of Coshocton Tribune reports that Ohio Heritage Bank was alerted over the weekend that 800 debit cards were compromised due to the breach. Of the 800 cards, 15 showed fraudulent charges….