More on a case reported previously on this blog: Shalamar Major, 32, and Tanisha Wright, 27, both of Deerfield Beach, pled guilty on May 13 in connection with a tax refund scheme that used stolen social security and other personal identifying information to file on-line tax returns claiming fraudulent tax refunds from the IRS. More…
Category: Health Data
South Bend dentist office faced with computer security breach
The South Bend Tribune reports: A local dentist’s office is working to ensure its patients’ records are secure after a virus attacked the office’s computer system in March. Staff at Erskine Family Dentistry, 734 E. Ireland Road, say there is no indication the virus has accessed the personal information of patients, according to a news…
Notice Regarding Missing X-Rays for El Centro Regional Medical Center Patients
Could this breach be related to the one recently disclosed by Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic? There are some obvious similarities, but neither entity names the third party vendor. The May 13 press release from ECRMC: EL CENTRO, Calif., May 13, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — On March 22, 2013, El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) was notified…
Mass email by Dent Neurologic inadvertently breaches privacy of 10,200 patients
Melinda Miller and Stephen Watson report: Confidential information about more than 10,200 patients of Dent Neurologic Institute was inadvertently sent to more than 200 patients Monday in an email attachment. The personal information – including patients’ names and home addresses, their doctors’ names, last appointment dates and their email addresses – was contained on an…
NC: Presbyterian Anesthesia reports data breach affecting nearly 10,000 (updated)
Andrew Dunn reports: The credit card information of nearly 10,000 people may have been accessed in a data breach at a Charlotte medical practice. Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates has disclosed that a hacker broke through a security flaw of the practice’s website to gain access to a database of personal information, including names, contact information, dates…
Regional Medical Center in Memphis notifies 1,200 physical therapy patients after e-mail attachment error
The Regional Medical Center in Memphis (The MED) has disclosed a breach. Adam Hammond of WREG reports: The MED is alerting some patients who were treated at their outpatient facility that their personal information may have been accidentally sent out in one of three emails sent out by an employee. That information includes the social…