Jacobi Medical Center wasn’t the only hospital run by the Health & Hospitals Corporation that reported a breach on April 28. Bellevue Hospital Center also reported one: The incident in question occurred on January 15, 2015 and was discovered on February 27, 2015 when, in the course of HHC’s monitoring of outgoing emails, we identified…
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Former Alabama State Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Identities for Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
There’s an update to the Tamika Floyd case from the Department of Justice: A Phenix City, Alabama, resident and former state employee was sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison for her role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud ring. Tamika Floyd was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins to…
Ringleader and Former Bank Teller in Orange County Bank Fraud and Identity-Theft Scheme Re-Arrested
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the re-arrest of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee and former bank teller Nadia Figueroa on a 50-count indictment in Orange County Supreme Court. The defendants, who are charged with running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), both pleaded guilty earlier…
NY: Jacobi Medical Center notifies 90,060 patients after employee emailed PHI to her personal account and new email address at another employer
Jacobi Medical Center, part of the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation, issued this statement on April 28: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) this week began to notify about 90,000 HHC patients about the possible disclosure of some of their protected health information (PHI) that may have occurred when a…
Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. Notifies Employees and Patients of a Data Security Compromise
From their press release: Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. (“CTHP”) has become aware of a data security event involving unauthorized access by a former employee to certain CTHP systems and information maintained by CTHP. CTHP has been working to understand the nature and scope of the incident, and has engaged third-party data forensics experts to assist with its investigation. …
3 Dixon High Students Suspended in Grade Data Breach
As an update to a previously reported incident: at least three students have been suspended so far in the grade-changing hack that has rocked Dixon High School. At least nine teacher accounts were hacked and 200 grades changed since January for 32 students. One teacher noticed something that resulted in the investigation, but I have yet…