Northridge Hospital Medical Center in California notified the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human services that 837 patients were affected by a breach that occurred on October 16 involving paper records. A notice on their home page says, “Northridge Hospital Medical Center has experienced a security incident involving Medicare and Medi-Cal patient information. If you…
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(ALDI update) Five Star Bank hit by debit-card fraud
Jonathan D. Epstein reports: A debit-card security breach at a discount grocery chain that operates in 11 states is costing Five Star Bank as much as $850,000 in fraud losses. Financial Institutions, the Warsaw-based parent of the bank, expects to suffer a pretax loss of about $750,000 to $850,000 in the fourth quarter in connection…
NC: County published some property owners’ Social Security Numbers online
Chris Mazzolini reports: The Social Security numbers of 163 New Hanover County property owners were mistakenly published on the county website for anyone to see. The lists containing the numbers were removed from the site Tuesday so county officials could scrub them from the data, said Chairman Jason Thompson, who learned that the numbers were…
Multiple businesses compromised in Capitol Hill?
Another small development in the rash of credit card fraud cases and attempts to transfer business funds in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. So far, only the Broadway Grill has been named as a point of compromise. As reported previously, not only are their customers affected but their own bank accounts were accessed to…
Richmond school system inadvertently sent e-mail with personal data
Jeremy Slayton reports that an employee of the Richmond Public Schools sent an email on Tuesday morning that inadvertently contained personal information, including SSN, of almost 110 employees. The e-mail was sent out to all Richmond public school staff — about 3,300 employees — around 9:15 Tuesday morning. Less than an hour passed before the…
U.S. Workers Are on Alert After Breach of Data
Ashley Southall reports: Federal workers at the General Services Administration are on alert against identity theft after an employee sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private e-mail address.The agency, which manages federal property, employs more than 12,000 people. Officials apologized to employees for the incident in a letter dated…