Earlier this month I linked to a media report about a breach at Kinetic Concepts involving an email attachment containing personal info on employees. A copy of their notification to affected employees is now available on the website of the New Hampshire Attorney General.
Category: Breach Types
ACH Case: Headed to Trial?
Linda McClasson writes: A series of motions in the Experi-Metal vs. Comerica Bank case indicate that this high-profile ACH fraud conflict could be headed for a jury trial. Both sides have filed recent motions, with EMI requesting a jury trial and Comerica asking for a non-jury trial. The case is set to be heard after mid-November, with Nov. 16…
Destination Hotels & Resorts breach report raises an eyebrow
The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…
New CD on German tax dodgers surfaces
Another CD packed with evidence of German tax evasion on money totalling €500 million has been spirited out of a bank in Liechtenstein and is being offered to investigators, media reported Thursday. The data was offered to tax authorities in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein months ago. The CD contains details of hundreds of Germans…
SunBridge Healthcare notifies 3,830 residents of stolen laptop
On July 9, SunBridge Healthcare Corporation of New Mexico issued the following press release: A password-protected laptop computer, containing resident information from 10 states was stolen in May 2010. The states involved are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The theft was immediately reported to local law enforcement and…
(follow-up) TX: S.A. has its largest ID-theft case ever
Guillermo Contreras reports: Credit-card numbers from 17,000 guests at the Emily Morgan Hotel were stolen and used in a three-state shopping spree to buy farm and ranch equipment, tires, machinery, all-terrain vehicles and other goods, federal officials say. Prosecutors unsealed indictments Thursday against five people in what officials say is the largest identify-theft case ever…