Maryland’s Attorney General’s list for 2015 contains over 500 breach reports, many of which were never covered by the media. Here are two involving health or medical entities or health data, followed by some from the education sector that you may not have known about: Dharani Jasthi DMD PC dba Today’s Dental Associates reported that they: received an…
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Vantage Credit Union employee helped steal thousands from customers
Bailey E Kinney reports: A Vantage Credit Union employee has been charged with identity theft after stealing banking information from customers. Charging documents say 28-year-old Tiara Franklin transferred funds totaling $29,600 into three accounts without the knowledge or consent of the account holders. Franklin was an employee at Vantage Credit Union’s call center located on West…
Follow-up: Wayne Memorial Hospital Incident
Wayne Memorial Hospital has updated its breach disclosure, reported previously on this site as involving unauthorized insider access to 360 patients’ records. On March 1, the hospital updated the situation: One month after the termination of an employee for a patient privacy breach, Wayne Memorial Hospital continues to have no information that the accessed information was…
UK: Morrisons denies liability as data leak case nears court for more than 100 Peterborough employees
The Peterborough Telegraph reports: Lawyers acting on behalf of several thousand Morrisons’ employees, including more than 100 from Peterborough, say they will “vigorously contest” the retailer’s assertion that it wasn’t to blame for a data leak which led to their personal details being posted on the internet. Bank, salary and National Insurance details of almost…
NY: Ringleader In Orange County Bank Fraud And Identity-Theft Scheme Convicted
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the conviction of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 29, for running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Newburgh, N.Y. Following a trial in Orange County Court, the jury convicted Lee of all 15 Counts charged, including Grand Larceny and…
San Diego Medical Center Did Not Report A Data Breach To State
California Healthline reports: Tri-City Medical Center, which says a longtime clerical clerk was dismissed for breaching patient data, did not report any such event to authorities: Payers & Providers: Hospital Never Self-Reported Breach A clerical employee was fired from Tri-City Medical Center in San Diego County this week for an alleged breach of patient data…