Following up on a breach reported previously on this blog, a man who recruited a waitress at f Amarillo Tex’s Steak House in Alton to skim card information has been sentenced for his part in the scheme. The Telegraph reports: Miltiano Trevaris Johnson, 31, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, where…
Category: ID Theft
AL: Patient data stolen from Troy Regional Medical Center used in tax refund fraud scheme
A press release dated July 6 – admirably prominently posted from the medical center’s home page – says: TROY, Ala. (July 6, 2011) – Troy Regional Medical Center (TRMC) has notified certain patients of a data theft incident involving unauthorized access and removal of some of their personal information. TRMC is conducting a comprehensive investigation into…
TX: Rash of local ID thefts reported
Here we go again. A rash of reports of identity theft in Huntsville has prompted local authorities to call in the FBI and Secret Service to help track down the thieves. Nearly 30 cases of identity theft have been reported in Walker County over the past few weeks — the worst in Huntsville’s history, Police…
(Update) UPMC Shadyside Hospital employee pleads guilty to HIPAA violation
As a follow-up to a breach previously reported involving an employee of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital, multiple media sources are reporting that the employee pleaded guilty last week to to taking the names, social security numbers and birth dates of 19 patients there. Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The U.S. Attorney’s…
Cancer Center Blamed for Stolen Laptop; Delayed Notice Blamed for ID Theft
Okay, here’s a breach I never saw reported anywhere in my usual sources, until I read about it in a lawsuit. Via Courthouse News’ Joe Harris: A hospital and cancer center allowed a laptop computer stuffed with unencrypted, confidential information on its patients to be stolen, and did not notify patients of the data theft…
KY: Thieves steal credit card information from local restaurant
Dave Spencer reports: The owner of Smashing Tomato, an Italian restaurant in Lexington, says they were recently informed by the Secret Service about stolen credit card information. Carolyn Toyoda, the co-owner of the locally run restaurant, says the call came as quite a shock. Toyoda says, “This is my family’s business, and we take it…