Ann Butler reports: As many as 5,000 First National Bank of Durango customers may find they are unable to make purchases with their debit cards after a number of fraudulent transactions. “We’re trying to get ahead of this,” said Moni Grushkin, a senior vice president at the bank. “We want to minimize losses and protect…
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(update) UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…
Hacker broke into Bennett College office computer
Jennifer Fernandez reports: A Bennett College official said today that someone hacked a computer in the business office the weekend of Feb. 13, accessing personal information of potentially 1,100 employees and students. DeQuan Jones, director of information technology, said he believes it is the first time that personal information has been hacked at the all-women’s…
OCR/HHS reveals two more breaches
The public list of breaches reported to HHS under the HITECH Act was updated to add two entries. Both entries are associated with the same business associate: MSO of Puerto Rico. I do not see anything on the web sites of the covered entities or the business associate about the incident nor did I see…
Shands notifies individuals of information breach
Shands Healthcare has now revealed more details on the breach mentioned last week. In a press release on their web site, they write: Shands HealthCare officials have notified about 12,500 individuals that a Shands-owned laptop computer containing their health and other personal information was stolen last month. The laptop held information about Shands patients and…
Arkansas Guard alerting soldiers of data loss
Stuttgart, Ark. — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON – An unsecure hard drive containing personally identifiable information on a currently unknown number of current and former Arkansas National Guard Soldiers was reported missing on February 22. An Arkansas Guard Soldier reported the loss after conducting an exhaustive search to locate the drive when it was first…