Patients at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation – Lawton are being notified that a computer containing limited health information was stolen from a locked office. Kindred learned of the theft on August 31, although it may have occurred as early as August 28. In a letter dated September 21, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Kelly Priegnitz writes that…
Category: Theft
Ca: Some Rogers Communications’ customer data stolen by former contractor’s employee
Morgan Modjeski reports that Rogers Communications is notifying 226 customers that a former employee of a contractor had stolen their personal information. Rogers reportedly only learned of the breach when York Regional Police notified them that in the course of an investigation, they had found customers’ telephone numbers, full names, credit card information and even Social Insurance…
Former Morgan Stanley adviser pleads guilty to stealing clients’ information
There’s an update in the case of fired Morgan Stanley wealth management adviser Galen Marsh, who had been accused of stealing account data on about 350,000 clients and posting some of that information for sale online. Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax of Reuters report that Marsh pleaded guilty today to swiping more than double the amount of data Morgan…
Molina Healthcare notifies members that CVS employee stole some of their PHI for fraudulent purposes (Updated)
Molina Healthcare is notifying members of a breach of protected health information (PHI) involving an employee of their vendor, CVS. In a letter dated September 17, they write: This is to let you know that CVS, Molina Healthcare’s Over-the-Counter (OTC) benefits vendor, told us on 7/20/15 about a breach of your protected health information (PHI)….
Advocate Health class action lawsuit trimmed
Linn Foster Freedman writes: Last week, an Illinois judge dismissed with prejudice five of the six claims levied against Advocate Health Care in a consolidated case of ten cases filed against it following the data breach it experienced in July of 2013 when four unencrypted laptops were stolen from its administrative office, exposing the data…
CA: Outback Steakhouse employee info on stolen POS computer
Employees at the Outback Steakhouse in Northridge, California are learning that their personal information is in the hands of burglars. In a break-in that occurred on the evening of August 6, 2015, computer equipment including the point of sale computer and back office computer were stolen. A letter from T-Bird Restaurant Group, the firm that manages that franchise,…