Karen Zatkulak updates this story previously covered here: […] But police say these medical documents do mention several local facilities. Weary says, “Some procedures may have been performed at Hutcheson, Memorial, and Erlanger.” Weary says this case is now being investigated by federal officials who regulate HIPAA violations, and right now, police are not blaming…
Category: Exposure
Oops: Did Rudder Just Send Your Financial Data to Someone Else? (update 1)
Adam Ostrow reports that financial planning application Rudder appears to have sent user’s confidential financial information to the wrong people, exposing users’ salary, debts, bank balance, and where they shop. Ostrow is trying to obtain some statement from Rudder. As of the time of this posting, there is no statement on their site either denying,…
CO: Boulder Kia dumps 10 bins full of personal info
Vanessa Miller of Daily Camera reports that Boulder police have chained up 10 recycling bins outside the now-defunct Anderson Kia car dealership after learning that the bins were stuffed with personal information from the dealership’s former customers. All of the folders reportedly contained Social Security numbers, driver’s license information, photos, phone numbers and financial information…
N.J. accidentally reveals personal data of 28K unemployed residents
Chris Megerian reports that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development notified about 28,000 unemployed residents that their personal information may have been compromised due to a clerical error that may have sent their Social Security numbers to employers for whom they did not work.
TN: “Thousands” Of Medical Records Discovered In Recycling Bin (update 1)
A second breach involving patient records reported in Chattanooga this week, and it also involves paper records: Derek Dellinger of NewsChannel9 reports that customers at a recycling center found hundreds of medical records thrown into the trash for anyone to see. Officers on scene told the reporter that the records included patients from hospitals to…
Tennessee man receives hundreds of Georgia patients’ insurance records
NewsChannel9 in Chattanooga Tennessee reports that a man in Harrison (TN) received a priority package that contained hundreds of patients’ insurance papers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. The documents contained account numbers, patient names, member numbers, service dates, charges and tax id numbers. There was also a check enclosed from the insurance company…