Carla Field reports: A man who was a public school guidance counselor and who owned a counseling service admitted in court Wednesday to using information about some of his elementary school students in a $400,0000 Medicare scam. Joseph Frank Korzelius, 46, of Tryon, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to health care fraud. Korzelius, who owns Western…
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UCF seeks to dismiss computer hack lawsuit
Gabrielle Russon has an update on breach litigation involving the University of Central Florida. The University of Central Florida is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by five people whose Social Security numbers were compromised in the school’s data hack last year. In February 2016, UCF revealed there was a security breach involving 63,000 current and…
NJ: Township of Springfield notifies individuals after discovering hack
The Township of Springfield in New Jersey is mailing out breach notification letters after finding suspicious activity on their police department management server. The unauthorized access occurred between February 22 and March 9, 2017, “when the threat was eliminated.” Information on the server may have included full name, driver’s license or state card identification number, birth date, address, and…
Southwest Community Health Center notifies patients after two burglaries
Southwest Community Health Center (“Southwest”) recently discovered an event that may affect the security of protected health information stored within our environment. This notice is meant to provide information about the event, steps taken since discovering the incident, and what potentially affected individuals can do to better protect against identity theft and fraud. On Saturday,…
Austin patient info could have leaked online as early as 2013, local clinic says
Katie Hall reports: A data breach at a local clinic caused the information of about 2,0000 (sic) patients to leak online, the Austin doctor’s office announced Monday. Names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, medical account numbers, preferred language, race and ethnicity were disclosed, Victory Medical Center said in a news release Monday….
Nearly 2,500 North Dakotans face a privacy breach
The North Dakota Department of Human Services is notifying 2,452 Medicaid program recipients or their guardians/personal representatives about a breach of the recipients’ protected health information. The department is mailing letters to affected individuals and has posted a notice to its website to apologize, provide details about the breach, and offer credit/identity theft monitoring services….