Barbara Leonard reports: A Russian hacker broke into online brokerage accounts and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from its customers in a “hack, pump and dump” scheme, Scottrade claims in Federal Court. Defendant Valery Maltsev responded in a statement that said, in part: “Scottrade investors didn’t even see that money were going away from…
Category: Breach Incidents
KY: Data on 24,600 hospital patients missing
Laura Ungar reports: A flash drive containing personal information on 24,600 patients is missing from Our Lady of Peace psychiatric hospital, prompting it to warn those patients they could be at risk for fraud. Hospital officials are sending letters to all those affected, apologizing for the privacy breach and recommending steps they can take. Officials…
St. Jude patients’ data stolen on computers
Courtney Perkes reports: St. Jude Heritage Medical Group in Fullerton has notified about 22,000 patients that their personal health and financial data might have been accessed after five computers were stolen. Heritage, which is affiliated with St. Jude Medical Center, sent letters about the theft last week, according to hospital spokeswoman Dru Ann Copping. The…
Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center notifies HHS of breach
Another breach newly revealed on OCR’s web site: Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center State: Nebraska Business Associate Involved: McKesson Information Solutions, LLC Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 660 Date of Breach: 3/19/10 Type of Breach: Other Location of Breached Information: Paper Records As of the time of this posting, neither entity has any notice…
Ca: ‘I have her stuff. Who has mine?’
Candice Mac Lean reports: When Vicki Hill opened a large, brown envelope stuffed with financial documents last week, she expected it was the student loan information she requested from CIBC weeks earlier. Vicki Hill ended up getting someone else’s documents containing personal financial information, but some of her documents she requested weren’t delivered. Instead, among…
RI: Computer glitch causes big headaches
Susan Hogan reports: An Attleboro businessman thought he hit the jackpot, his company’s 401k plan doubled in value in just months. Not only had his 401k doubled in size, so did the amount of employees he supposedly had working for him. The company he hired to handle his payroll and 401k plan, had somehow sent…