More on a previously reported breach. Milford Daily News reports: Students who receive Medicaid reimbursements may have had their personal information compromised because of a security breach at a billing vendor, the school district said. In a letter dated June 25 to parents, Multi-State Billing Services, based in Somersworth, New Hampshire, reported that a laptop had…
Category: Theft
MA: Uxbridge student data was on stolen Medicaid billing laptop
Susan Spencer reports: Parents whose children received services in Uxbridge public schools that were partially covered by the state Medicaid program are being encouraged to request a security freeze on their children’s credit reports after a laptop containing personal information was stolen from a Medicaid vendor’s vehicle. Kevin M. Carney, superintendent of schools, sent a…
Another post-Clapper Data Privacy Breach Case dismissed for lack of standing
David M. Brown of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP writes: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138 (2013), continues to be relied on by federal courts to hold that “mere loss of data” or “increased risk of identity theft” in a data breach case does not constitute…
Calgary identity theft, mail theft investigation leads to charges against duo
Not as sexy, but never forget the risk from low-tech data theft. Jo Ann Lawrence reports: Garbage bags full of stolen mail along with bank statements, credit and debit cards found by Calgary Police in a southeast Calgary hotel room in May have resulted in dozens of charges against a Calgary duo. On May 12,…
Fraudsters Allegedly Used Data Stolen From Dominican Republic Call Center
Narayan Ammachchi reports: The Dominican Republic has arrested 17 men on suspicion of stealing data from call centers and extorting money from American citizens. Police in the island state are reportedly hunting for four more suspects. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the suspects impersonated its special agents and extorted about US$880,000. The…
AK: Mallott campaign computer stolen
Rosemarie Alexander reports: A laptop computer with donors’ financial information has been stolen from the Anchorage office of the Byron Mallott gubernatorial campaign. […] PDF copies of checks and credit cards were on the computer, including each contributor’s name, mailing address, phone number, bank account, or credit card and security code numbers, as well as…