Sarah Wynn reports: The Ohio Department of Commerce says thousands of letters were sent by the state to those who qualify for unclaimed funds, but the letters were sent to the wrong people. The letters include personal information, including names and social security numbers, according to the state. “Due to a processing error, approximately 9,000…
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TN: Ex-Rhodes College student pleads guilty to hacking into system, changing his grades
Linda A. Moore reports: A former Rhodes College student pleaded guilty Tuesday to hacking into the college’s computer system to change his grades and keep his scholarship. Michael Geddati, 20, was a freshman pre-med major when between December 2017 and May 2018, he accessed various systems without authorization to raise his grades. Geddati’s actions were detected after a faculty…
Piles of Southside Medical Center patients’ confidential medical records found outside the Atlanta clinic
Michael Seiden reports: Piles of partially burned medical records were discovered across the street from a metro Atlanta medical center, Channel 2 Action News has learned. Southside Medical Clinic said they have no idea how the records got there. A viewer alerted Channel 2’s Michael Seiden to the issue in a parking lot across the street from…
You should have told us: Company says email was hacked, sues its insurance broker for not advising it to get computer fraud insurance
Noddy A. Fernandez reports: A gift distribution company is suing a global insurance broker, citing alleged broker malpractice. Hampton-Haddon Marketing Corp. (HHMC) filed a complaint on Jan. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Willis of Tennessee Inc. and Willis Towers Watson PLC, alleging the defendants breached their duty…
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport phishing incident exposed 30,000 patients’ information
Anita Lee reports: Memorial Hospital is offering free credit monitoring and identify protection services to a “limited number” of patients whose Social Security numbers, health-insurance information and other personal details were part of an employee email account that a third party accessed. Janet Stuart, the hospital’s manager of marketing and communications, said the email account…
Update: Wendy’s settles financial firms’ lawsuit over data breach for $50 mln
Dena Aubin reports: Restaurant company Wendy’s has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a 2016 lawsuit by financial institutions nationwide alleging that the company’s negligence allowed hackers to steal credit and debit card information in a 2015 data breach. Disclosed in a filing on Wednesday in Pittsburgh federal court, the settlement will be paid…