Scott Trippe is a licensed psychologist in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, doing business as ST Psychotherapy. He’s also affiliated with Fox River Counseling, also in Oshkosh. On December 23, ST Psychotherapy reported to HHS that a stolen laptop contained information on 509 patients. There is no notice on either of Dr. Trippe’s web sites, but he apparently contacted…
Category: Breach Incidents
WA: Behavior intervention specialist’s client records exposed in misconfigured database
On her web site, Patricia Mullen describes herself as a “behavior intervention specialist” and a former special education teacher. According to her site, she has worked in many school districts and agencies throughout the state of Washington consulting and training. Patricia is also a national trainer having presented to hundreds of foster parents, teachers, and providers…
Massachusetts sues lawyer-realtor for alleged violations of data storage, records disposal, and security breach laws
Katie Johnston of the Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has sued Duxbury lawyer and real estate broker Michael Haney after approximately 120 boxes with his clients’ real estate closing files were found “waterlogged and exposed to the elements” on a former client’s property in 2014. More than 1,200 Massachusetts residents are thought…
IU Health Arnett Hospital notified 30,000 of missing or stolen portable storage device
First the statement from Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital from December 31: IU Health Arnett is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of personal information provided to us. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On November 20, 2015, we learned that an unencrypted portable storage device was missing from…
Time Warner Cable notifies 320,000 customers to change e-mail passwords
Rick Moriarity reports that Time Warner Cable is notifying 320,000 Road Runner customers to change their e-mail passwords after they were notified by the FBI that customers’ addresses and passwords may have been compromised – but not, it seems, by any compromise at TWC: “Our understanding is that the compromise had nothing to do with…
Latvian Hacker Deniss Calovskis Sentenced to Time Served
Nicole Hong reports that Deniss Calovskis, who pleaded guilty in September, when he finally faced charges in the U.S. after a long and complex extradition battle, has been sentenced to time served. Calovskis was extradited to the U.S. from Latvia in February. A Manhattan federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Latvian computer hacker to the 21…