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Mom Says For-Profit School Stole Her Identity

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dissent

John Brackin reports: The mother of a student attending Fortis Institute in Birmingham, Ala., claims in court that the for-profit school used her personal information to fraudulently charge her for a student loan. Julie Rogers, a resident of Jefferson County, Ala., sued Fortis on Tuesday, along with its parent organization Education Affiliates LLC, in Northern…

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SC: Hit by ransomware, a school district paid the ransom

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Dissent

Diane Lee reports that Horry County Schools, the third largest school district in South Carolina, was hit with ransomware in February, and paid up: A photo was sent to Horry County Schools in February. It said if you don’t pay 22 bitcoin within “7 days” “it’s impossible to recover your files.” Horry paid the $10,000…

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Baltimore addiction treatment clinic hacked; patients’ info up for sale on dark web (UPDATED)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Dissent

The non-profit organization Man Alive in Baltimore provides substance abuse treatment and mental health services to some of the city’s neediest residents.  As if the facility didn’t have enough challenges, on August 24, they were hacked, and a patient database with sensitive personal and treatment information was put up for sale on the dark web. DataBreaches.net was first tipped to…

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UAE: Al Zahra Private Medical Centre hacked

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Dissent

The web site of Al Zahra Private Medical Centre in the United Arab Emirates  was reportedly hacked last month by the individual calling himself “websites-hunter” (@websiteshunter on Twitter). The hack was announced on Twitter on August 31 and on Pastebin on the same day. The Al Zahra Private Medical Centre is part of the health services network of the Gulf Medical…

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HK: Computer with 3,600 patients’ information stolen

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Dissent

RTHK reports: A laptop computer, containing information of more than 3,600 patients, has allegedly been stolen at Queen Mary Hospital. The computer belongs to the Department of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. The case has been reported to police and the privacy commissioner. The university has apologised to the affected patients. And that’s…

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Indictments in patient data theft from Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology Nutrition of Florida (UPDATED)

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Dissent

As seen in the Tampa Star: Three men have been indicted for stealing the personal patient information of more than 13,000 people from a Tampa medical practice and using it to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds. The conspiracy to steal the personal patient information of thousands of clients at the Tampa office…

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