Levi Pulkkinen reports on yet another case of ID theft to get plastic surgery: A Kirkland woman is facing felony identity theft charges following allegation that she used a co-worker’s credit card to pay for plastic surgery and thousands of dollars worth of electronics. In charging documents, King County prosecutors claim Alexandra K. Polack lifted…
Category: Health Data
Statement by Griffin Hospital about security breach
Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut issued this statement today on its web site: Griffin Hospital has notified 957 patients of an apparent breach of personal protected health information during the period from February 4, 2010 to March 5, 2010 after an investigation prompted by patient inquires revealed the breach. Based on information available to it,…
Three newly revealed breaches affect over 20,000
Cross-posted from PHIprivacy.net: The new HHS/OCR web site has added three more breach reports: Montefiore Medical Center State: New York Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 625 Date of Breach: 2/20/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Laptop Private Practice City and State: San Antonio, Texas Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 21,000 Date of…
EMR Data Theft Booming
Nicole Lewis reports: Acceleration in the use of electronic medical records may lead to an increase in personal health information theft, according to a new study that shows there were more than 275,000 cases of medical information theft in the U.S. last year.Unlike stealing a driver’s license or a credit card, data gleaned from personal…
ID Theft Ring Stole Patient Info From Northwestern
Seven young women from Chicago, the south suburbs and downstate have been arrested for their alleged roles in a massive identity theft ring that claimed hundreds of victims from across the country. […] The year-long identity theft scam saw the those involved charging more than $300,000 in more than 500 transactions involving jewelry, furniture, household…
ID theft ring exploited medical records to get credit cards
The Associated Press reports on an ID theft ring in Chicago that targeted medical records to obtain information with which they could get credit cards: Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says the ring charged more than $300,000 to the credit accounts of 245 victims. Dart says one suspect worked for a janitorial service that cleaned…