Randy Ludlow reports: An Ohio Department of Taxation examiner has been fired after an investigation found she improperly accessed the confidential personal and tax information of several relatives and acquaintances. A report released today by the office of Inspector General Randall J. Meyer found that Kelly S. Bolen accessed computerized personal information of several people, and…
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Vermont Restaurant Settles Charges by Attorney General’s Office Over Credit Card Fraud
Caroline Strange reports that the Grand Buffet restaurant in Essex Junction, Vermont, has settled charges brought by the VT Attorney General’s Office following an investigation into credit card fraud that affected the restaurant’s customers. If that sounds a bit atypical to you (it did to me), it turns out that the restaurant had known there was…
Information Breach Reported By Hillsborough County
Sherri Lonon reports: Hillsborough County Aging Services has notified about 650 clients about a possible breach of protected health information that occurred in 2011. The potential breach was brought to the county’s attention in December 2016 by a former employee. According to the county, the possible breach occurred in March 2011 when an employee of…
Bend medical billing employee arrested in ID thefts
KTVZ reports that a woman who worked at Desert Orthopedics in Bend, Oregon was arrested last month and charged with theft and identity theft for stealing and misusing some patients’ financial information. The case against Karleigh Kelly,36, arose last month, when Bend police got a report of fraudulent activity on a Redmond resident’s account, said Bend…
Fulton County clinic dumps sensitive medical records in plain sight
Dante Renzulli reports: A Fulton County clinic is caught dumping medical records in a place where identity thieves could easily get to them. On Thursday, CBS46 discovered the dumpster sitting right in front of the South Fulton Mental Heath Center contained hundreds of medical records. We didn’t even have to come in the middle of the night. CBS46 reporter, Dante Renzulli,…
NSA Contractor Could Face 200 Years in Prison for Massive Breach
Elias Groll reports: U.S. prosecutors unveiled an indictment Wednesday detailing what may amount to the largest data breach in the history of the National Security Agency — an archive of classified material that may total more than 500 million pages. The incident is a black eye on the secretive spy agency’s attempt to crack down on…