Back in July, Ambucor Health Solutions reported a breach to HHS that affected 1,679 patients. Their report, submitted as a Business Associate, was coded as “Unauthorized Access/Disclosure – Email,” with the location of the data being “Other Portable Electronic Device.” That incident was included in Protenus’s breach barometer for July, but no additional details were…
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UK: Former Lex Autolease employee prosecuted for selling customer data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Mr Karun Tandon has been prosecuted at Manchester Magistrates’ Court for offences of unlawfully obtaining and selling personal data. The defendant, who worked at Lex Autolease Limited emailed personal data of 551 Lex Autolease customers, relating to road traffic accidents, from his former employer’s computer system to his personal email…
PA: Blue Bell man admits tampering with Gwynedd Mercy computer system
On October 17, Kaitlyn Foti reported: A former faculty member of Gwynedd Mercy University was given probation after admitting to harassment by hacking into the school’s intranet. Edward Michael Shaffer, 54, of the 200 block of Pebble Beach Place in Blue Bell, pleaded guilty to a summary offense of harassment charge Monday in Montgomery County…
NC: Two Men Sentenced To Prison On Wire Fraud Conspiracy Charges For Attempting To Steal More Than $1.3 Million Through Unauthorized Wire Transfers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jamel Ski Yates, a/k/a “Goo,” 43, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 36 months in prison on federal wire fraud conspiracy charges for attempting to steal more than $1.3 million through unauthorized wire transfers, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
NH: Hancock town clerk arrested for sharing private information
Cassidy Swanson reports: The town clerk for Hancock has been arrested for sharing a resident’s personal information, according to the attorney general’s office. Joan Joseph was arrested and charged with one count of violating RSA 260:14, the Driver Privacy Act. The act establishes that records from the Division of Motor Vehicles are confidential. According to…
Popular Texas restaurant under fire after dumpster discovery
Alex Achten reports: It was a startling surprise for neighbors who found papers containing social security numbers, bank accounts, and other personal information blowing across their yards over the weekend. We did some digging, and found out the papers came from inside a dumpster at a popular nearby restaurant. Frances Roberts lives across the street…