Low-tech is still effective. CBS Miami reports that Laveisha Dorray Charles-Coldros has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing more that than 600 stolen identities that were used to steal tax returns and in fraud. Hallandale Beach police had stopped the 30-year-old woman and found mail addressed to numerous people and a…
Category: Theft
Business Associate’s Failure to Safeguard Nursing Home Residents’ PHI Leads to $650,000 HIPAA Settlement
This works out to over $1570 per record. Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule after the theft of a CHCS mobile device compromised the protected health information (PHI) of hundreds of nursing…
Monsanto Says Worker Stole Data
Jacob Bunge reports: Monsanto Co. sued a former computer programmer, alleging he stole proprietary files after resigning to explore a job at a Chinese seed company. The lawsuit comes as the agriculture industry’s embrace of high-tech software and analytics, led by big companies like Monsanto and Deere & Co. as well as startups, has opened…
Mossack Fonseca worker arrested in Switzerland
Juliette Garside reports: An IT worker at the Geneva offices of Mossack Fonseca, the offshore law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, has been arrested in the hunt for the whistleblower behind the biggest ever leak to journalists. […] “A procedure has been opened by the public ministry of Geneva following a complaint…
Ca: Eastern Health Authority reports stolen doctor’s briefcase contained patient files
Eastern Health Authority in Newfoundland has reported a second breach in three months. This one involves the theft of a physician’s briefcase. Their statement: June 8, 2016 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advised today that it has experienced an accidental breach of privacy of 34 of its patients. The accidental breach occurred when a physician’s car…
House Energy And Commerce Committee Reviews Cybersecurity Practices At HHS
King & Spalding write: On May 25, 2016, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) cybersecurity responsibilities. The hearing focused on legislation that would create a new office within HHS, the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”), consolidating information…