Well, Saint Francis Health System ignored multiple inquiries from me about the alleged hack I reported on recently, but now they’ve apparently issued a statement. Amy Slanchik of Newson6 in Oklahoma reports, in part: Roberts said after working with forensics investigators, they discovered the information taken from the server appears to be a list of about…
Category: U.S.
Guilty Plea of Krystle Steed for Taking Over Hospital Patients’ Bank Accounts
There’s a follow-up on a case previously noted on this site in December of 2015. Here’s the new press release: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of KRYSTLE STEED, 31, for using personal information stolen from patients of Lenox Hill Hospital to take over victims’ bank accounts and place…
Tacoma 9-Year-Old Gets Explicit Report Card Through App Used by Teachers
Apps in education can be so useful, right? But are schools concerned enough about security for them before problems occur? Tribune Media Wire reports: A Tacoma mom said her 9-year-old daughter received a virtual report card over the weekend full of expletives and profanity. She said the grades game from someone claiming to be a…
NYS A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrests Of 4 Aides Who Allegedly Took Photos And Videos Of Nursing Home Residents
September 15, 2016 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that, in two distinct cases, four former nursing home aides who were paid to provide care to elderly residents and residents with substantial disabilities, were arrested and arraigned on September 13 before Oswego City Court Judge James Metcalf. All four defendants were charged with felonies…
[CORRECTED and UPDATED] Hacking America: U.S. teen claims he had access to all state domains registered on .us TLD
UPDATE 9-21-2016 Over the past two days, DataBreaches.net provided the First Bank of Ohio with samples from two files that “Fear” claimed were from them. They have firmly denied that either file is theirs: These have nothing to do with us. The second group are businesses that are applying for liquor licenses in Ohio. The second…
Texas Doctor Resentenced to Prison Following Appeal
TYLER, Texas – A 65-year-old Dallas County, Texas, physician, has been resentenced to federal prison for health care fraud and identity theft violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. In July 2014, Tariq Mahmood, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to commit health…