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Malware-Driven Card Breach at Hyatt Hotels

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Hyatt Hotels Corporation said today it recently discovered malicious software designed to steal credit card data on computers that operate the payment processing systems for Hyatt-managed locations. Hyatt’s notice to customers has very few details about the investigation, such as how long the breach lasted or how many consumers may have had their card data…

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New Jersey Psychology Practice Revealed Patients’ Mental Disorders in Debt Lawsuits

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Dissent

by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Dec. 23, 2015, 5 a.m. This story was co-published with The New York Times. When a New Jersey lawyer named Philip received legal papers last year informing him that his former psychologist’s practice was suing him over an unpaid bill, he was initially upset they could not work out a payment…

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HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Round Rock notifies 1,359 patients whose PHI was on laptop stolen from employee’s car

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Dissent

ROUND ROCK, Texas – HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Round Rock, previously Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital Central Texas, is currently notifying potentially affected individuals that a laptop containing unsecured protected health information was stolen from the trunk of an employee’s vehicle on or around Oct. 21, 2015. The information on the laptop varied by individual but may have…

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Feds charge ex-Alabama IRS employee, 3 others in $1 million ID scheme

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Dissent

Jonathan Grass reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced multiple charges in a lengthy identity theft scheme that operated out of Birmingham. The stolen identity tax refund scheme operated between 2008 and 2011 and is believed to involve more than $1 million in false claims. It involved stealing personal identity information from the Internal Revenue…

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VA: E-mail error exposes students’ personal information to other students

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Dissent

Add Thomas Nelson Community College to the list of colleges and universities disclosing breaches in 2015. The college learned on December 9, 2015, that on December 8, 2015, confidential student information including name, address, phone number, Social Security number, student identification number, date of birth, immunization dates, background check results (no offenses listed), grades, and student progress indicators were…

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Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser Avoids Prison Over Theft of Data

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Dissent

Chris Dolmetsch reports the latest on Galen Marsh’s case: A fired Morgan Stanley financial adviser who downloaded client information to a home server to give his job search a boost was sentenced to three years’ probation for accessing the bank’s computer network without permission. Galen Marsh,  who prosecutors say called the stolen data “the world’s best…

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