For the second time in as many months, CalOptima is reporting a breach (see last month’s disclosure, here). According to a statement uploaded to the California Attorney General’s web site: On or about August 17, 2016, a departing CalOptima employee downloaded data, which included protected health information, to an unencrypted USB flash drive. Shortly after,…
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Vendor’s employee stole W-4 forms for SIRF scheme
A case involving identity theft reported by the USAO for the Middle District of Alabama this week: A Phenix City, Alabama man was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme. According to documents filed with the court, Kenneth Fearson, 31, worked at a warehouse that…
Thai regulator clears AIS in data leak
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) cleared the country’s largest mobile operator AIS in a data privacy leak after determining it wasn’t involved in the release of subscriber call and location records. NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantaisith said the panel found that an AIS employee was responsible for taking the customer data, the Bangkok Post said. Read…
OH: District officials: Data breach affected only a few students
Nate Ellis reports: Tech-savvy Upper Arlington High School students recently used their know-how and computers issued by the district to access privileged information of their peers, according to school officials. District officials informed parents via email Oct. 5 that “some students” had discovered a way to use their district-issued laptop computers to access an active…
Turkey blocks Google, Microsoft and Dropbox services to ‘suppress’ mass email leaks
Jason Murdock reports: In an attempt to curb the spread of leaked emails from a high-ranking government official, the Turkish government reportedly blocked access to a slew of well-known technology and cloud services in the country, including Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive. According to Turkey Blocks, a web monitoring organisation that reported the outages, the nationwide…
Va. launches investigation after discovering 20-30 boxes of veterans’ records in ex-Veterans Services employee’s storage unit
Mark Bowes reports: A state investigation is underway after authorities said they discovered 20 to 30 boxes of documents, including claims filed by veterans, in a storage unit once leased by a former Virginia Department of Veterans Services employee who worked at the agency’s veterans benefits office at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Veterans Services…