I know that most of the world is more concerned with electronic data breaches than paper breaches, but I’ve always been as concerned, and in some cases, more concerned, about paper breaches. Here’s another example from New York, reported by Veronika Belenkaya of the NY Daily News: Dozens of confidential files with city public housing…
Category: U.S.
TN: Sensitive School Info Found Along Road
Josh DeVine of WSMV reports that confidential records including 21 students’ names, Social Security numbers and disabilities were found in the street. The students had all attended Bailey Middle School in 2006.
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Diane Michelle Nicholson, a former employee of the Holladay Park Plaza retirement care facility, is accused of stealing credit cards and checks from multiple elderly tenants and patients. Read more. Dr. Lisa Michelle Barden, the physician accused of stealing patients’ identities and faking other doctors’ signatures to obtain thousands of prescription…
RI: E-mail error by Brown University leads to changes
Joanna Wohlmuth of The Brown Daily Herald reports that Brown’s Office of Financial Aid most likely did not violate federal or state laws when it inadvertently revealed the full names and email addresses of nearly 1,800 students who have initiated an application for University financial assistance in an email reminder to applicants. That sounds about…
Walgreens Health Initiative notifies Kentucky retirees of email transmission error
Stephanie Steitzer reports that names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of roughly 28,000 state retirees were e-mailed without the required encryption to the Kentucky Retirement Systems by Walgreens Health Initiative, its pharmacy benefit provider. Affected retirees were notified by letter from WHI, who informed recipients that the mistake was “solely the responsibility of…
6 from Hudson indicted in $6M credit card fraud, identity theft swindle
Michaelangelo Conte of The Jersey Journal reports that six Hudson County residents have been indicted on charges they operated a credit card fraud and identity theft ring that swindled financial institutions out of more than $6 million. The six are charged with identity theft, theft by deception, money laundering and conspiracy. Read more.