In response to my Freedom of Information request, I received a batch of 15 breach reports received in February by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. Of the 15, five of them were news to me: M&T Bank reported that an individual walked into their Pikesville branch and while talking with a branch manager, removed another…
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Laptops stolen from Jewish Hospital contained patient data on 2,089
Charles Gazaway reports that two laptops containing unencrypted personal information were stolen from Jewish Hospital. This appears to be the third breach in recent months involving Jewish Hospital. Previous breaches were reported here. A statement posted on the hospital’s web site says: A potential data breach was discovered at the Jewish Hospital Catheterization Lab following…
Vermont reports uncover three more breaches
From breach reports to Vermont, here are three more breaches I didn’t know about previously: Cathedral Square notified residents that their only payment processing system had been compromised, resulting in access to the residents’ names, bank account numbers, and routing numbers if they paid their rent electronically. Residents do not seem to have been offered…
Maryland reports reveal yet more breaches
Thanks to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, I just received copies of the 22 breach reports they received in January of this year. They’ll be sending me the rest of the reports received this year in the very near future. Looking through what they sent me, I see that we knew about the majority of…
CA: Man who misused Puerto Ricans’ IDs for tax fraud sentenced
A Downey man who was part of a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $5 million in tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service by filing federal tax returns in the names of residents of Puerto Rico has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison. Luis Rodriguez Ortega, 35, who used the name “Miguel…
TX: Hundreds report stolen card info
Donna Fielder reports: Hackers stole credit card and debit card information from at least 200 Sanger area residents, and fraudulent charges are now popping up all over the United States, police say. Sanger police Detective Jonathan Perkins said Tuesday that a server that provided information to processors for credit cards was compromised at a Sanger…