Insider breaches — including insider wrongdoing — were down last year according to Verizon’s annual report and Protenus’s 2021 Breach Barometer for incidents involving health or medical data reported in the U.S. But “down” does not mean “gone.” Rogue employees are still a significant risk for entities, as James Cullum reports: An Alexandria certified nursing assistant…
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GA: College Park leaders ‘stunned’ one of their own busted for ID theft, stealing $100K
Randy Travis reports: Nearly a dozen former city of College Park employees have something in common. And it’s not good. According to police, 11 former employees are identity theft victims in a criminal case worth close to $100,000. […] LeShanda Mitchell faces 32 felony counts including identity theft, computer forgery, and money laundering. She worked as a…
University of Florida Health Shands notifies patients of privacy breach
University of Florida Health Shands officials have notified 1,562 individuals affected by a privacy incident involving a former employee who accessed medical records outside the scope of their duties between March 30, 2019 and April 6, 2021. Although this information did not involve Social Security Numbers, insurance details or other financial information, some demographic information…
Florida girl, 18, faces 16-year jail for hacking ‘homecoming queen’ contest with mom’s help
There’s an update on a hacking case first reported in March. Unlike high school students who hack to change grades, Emily Grover and her mother stand accused of hacking to rig the homecoming queen election in her favor. Now it appears that she will be charged as an adult to face multiple felony charges.
4,700 Amazon employees had unauthorized access to private seller data
Tim De Chant reports: Thousands of Amazon employees, including those who developed private-label goods for the e-commerce giant, enjoyed years of access to sensitive third-party seller data, according to a new report. An internal audit in 2015 traced the issue to lax security protocols, including the use of a tool called “spoofer access,” which allowed…
Everett medical worker charged with ID theft of 39 patients
Ellen Davis reports: An Everett medical worker stole sensitive records from 39 patients, including elderly patients, to forge identities she then used to rent an apartment and buy two cars, according to unprofessional conduct charges filed by the Washington State Department of Health. The woman, 37, has also been charged in a separate criminal case…