Shands Healthcare has now revealed more details on the breach mentioned last week. In a press release on their web site, they write: Shands HealthCare officials have notified about 12,500 individuals that a Shands-owned laptop computer containing their health and other personal information was stolen last month. The laptop held information about Shands patients and…
Category: Theft
And yet 2 more breaches
Maryland has updated its web site to provide breach notifications that it has received since its last update. The newly posted notifications are for the period ending December 31, 2009, so there will likely be more to come for 2010. Some of the breaches described in the notifications were reported in the media at the…
“It is an understatement to say that BlueCross regrets this data breach.”
The breach disclosure notification provided by BCBS of Tennessee to the Maryland Attorney’s General Office has just been made available online. The detailed letter about the theft of 57 hard drives from a Chattanooga facility, dated December 16, 2009, provides additional insight into the mammoth chore BCBS faced trying to determine what data were…
WA: UW medical records compromised
Mimi Jung reports: An alarming letter was sent to Charles Tomaras from the UW (University of Washington) Medical Center letting him know that someone had stolen his personal information, including his Social Security number, credit card number, birthdate and address….. The hospital says the information of up to 210 people could be compromised and thought…
Nine Georgia defendents sentenced to prison for ID theft
Viola Hill, 61, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Adolphus Hill, 64, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced Friday as the final two defendants sentenced this week in a large scale fraud scheme using identity and check thefts. Coconspirators Calvin Hill, 61, Frank Mitchell, 61, James McCarter, 51, Karen Clark, 61, Carlos Jennings, 36, and Tequillia Hamilton, 35,…
Missouri man sentenced for role in bank fraud, ID theft
Jacob Richard Roll, 33, of Slater, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on Friday to 14 years and 10 months in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to steal mail, bank fraud and identity theft.. The court also ordered Roll to pay $13,100 in restitution. On April…