Lee Hammel reports: Personal pay stub information of some UMass Memorial Healthcare employees was subject to unauthorized access for five months. The organization learned March 10 that at 10 kiosks where employees could view their pay stub information, and also at shared workstations, subsequent users were able to access the information of previous users, according…
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Hacker sentenced to two years in prison for unleashing virus to attack media outlets naming him
A computer programmer was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack media outlets that republished stories that mentioned him, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. In September 2010, a jury returned a guilty verdict against Bruce Raisley, 48,…
Former Holy Cross Hospital employee sentenced to prison for disclosing patient information
Natasha Lolita Orr, 36, of Miami, a former employee at Holy Cross Hospital, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to disclosing individually identifiable health information. During the previous plea hearing, Orr admitted to stealing patient information from the Holy Cross Hospital Emergency Room during her employment at the hospital. She then sold that stolen…
Comptroller offers discount on credit monitoring after data breach
I read the following news story by Dan Wallach and thought, “Are you kidding me?!” The Texas Comptroller’s office has arranged for individuals affected by an inadvertent exposure of personal data to receive a 70 percent discount on one year of credit monitoring to alert them if their information is misused. On Monday, the comptroller’s office…
Pryor Urges FTC to Investigate Data Breach that Exposes Millions of Consumers
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the Chairman to investigate the recent data breach of Epsilon, an online marketing firm that handles email lists for companies such as Target, Best Buy, Walgreens, and Citi Group. Pryor said the information that was stolen is likely limited to e-mail…
Update: One of two stolen Albright computers recovered
Steven Henshaw reports: State police said Friday that they have recovered one of two laptop computers stolen from Albright College’s financial aid office. Troopers said it appears the suspect, who is not a student, stole the computers to trade them for drugs, not the information they contained. The second laptop remains missing and an investigation…