Cindy George reports that the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston breach reported last month was bigger than originally thought and more people have now been notified. At least 10 people have self-identified as victims of identity theft: One month after mailing letters to 1,200 patients whose confidential information may have been stolen in…
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VA investigating security breach of veterans’ medical data
Bob Brewin reports: The Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into a physician assistant’s alleged downloading of veterans’ clinical data at its Atlanta medical center, sources have told Nextgov. The assistant allegedly recorded two sets of patient data on to a personal laptop for research purposes. One set included three years’…
Feds indict couple again in theft, sale of patients’ data
Jay Weaver reports: Last year, they were charged with running a racket to pilfer patient records from Jackson Memorial Hospital to sell to lawyers for personal-injury claims. Now Ruben E. Rodriguez and wife Maria Victoria Suarez have been indicted again for paying an ambulance-company employee to steal information on patients transported to Miami-Dade hospitals and…
CyTA employee and former policeman arrested in data theft
On February 24, an employee of the of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) and a private detective were arrested in connection with investigations into the illegal passing on of telecommunication personal data to a third party. As reported by Stefanos Evripidou: The information included incoming and outgoing calls and text messages for certain CyTA clients….
4 accused of ID theft plot with 125 victims
Erica Blake reports: As part of their employment with various Toledo-area businesses, Robert L. Taylor, Adam R. Shank, and Dominique L. Lawson had access to clients’ names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. But instead of keeping the information confidential, the three allegedly sold the identities – more than 125 of…
UT Southwestern employee accused of selling patient information
Shon Gables reports: Authorities arrested an employee at UT [University of Texas] Southwestern Medical Center after she allegedly stole patent information and possibly their identities. Hundreds of patients’ personal information – including birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and financial data – was stolen before Tracy Renay Thomas’ arrest and termination, police said. Thomas is accused…