There’s an update to an insider wrong-doing HIPAA case first reported in July, 2018. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania: PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wrongfully disclosing the health information of another individual, United States Attorney Scott W….
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Rush University notifies 45,000 patients after discovering insider wrongdoing at claims processing vendor
Last month, Rush University Hospital notified HHS of a breach that they reportedly discovered in December. The breach, affecting 908 patients, was coded as an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure incident with data located in paper/film format. At the time, Becker’s Spine Review reported that the incident was a mailing mix-up: According to the letter sent to affected patients,…
UK: Former council officer fined for emailing CVs of rival job applicants to his partner
From the Information Commissioner’s Office on February 27: A former senior local government officer has been prosecuted for passing the personal information of rival job applicants to his partner. Kevin Bunsell was employed by Nuneaton and Bedworth District Council in Warwickshire as its Head of Building Control and had been trained in data protection law….
Axa staff sentenced for data theft in 2015 “Wolf of Manchester” case
Sian Barton reports: Four people have been sentenced for their part in a scam which saw 100 pieces of data a week stolen from Axa Insurance between July and December in 2015. The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), which worked closely with Axa during the investigation, discovered that between 15 July…
NJ: 4 Dickinson High students accused of hacking computer system, changing grades
Ron Zeitlinger reports: Four Jersey City high school students have been charged after authorities say they accessed the public school district’s computer system and changed grades for some students, The Jersey Journal has learned. According to a source in the school district, board of education members were notified by email Friday afternoon that four Dickinson…
IRS employee charged with unlawful disclosure of SARs: Analyst Provided Information to a Los Angeles Attorney and a New York Reporter
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal criminal complaint, filed on February 4, 2019, was unsealed in San Francisco today, charging John C. Fry with unlawful disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Department of the Treasury, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Special Agent in Charge Rod…