This is one of the breaches in the top 10 list, where I had previously noted that some sources said 18 million were affected by the hack, while Auction claimed 10.8 million. Whatever the correct number, the online service was found not to be responsible for the breach. Joong Ang Daily Reports: A local court…
Category: Of Note
FINRA notifies Lincoln National of security vulnerability
A vulnerability in the portfolio information system for broker-dealer subsidiaries of Lincoln National Corporation potentially exposed the records of 1,200,000 people, 18,900 of whom are New Hampshire residents. By letter dated January 4, attorneys for Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation and Lincoln Financial Advisors notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that although an outside forensic…
CT Sues Health Net For Massive Security Breach (updated)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information involving 446,000 Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers endangered by the security breach. Blumenthal is also seeking a court order blocking Health Net from continued violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
ID theft and fraud defense: Multiple Personality Disorder?
Tom Witowsky reports on a case where lawyers for accused embezzler Phyllis Stevens are considering offering her psychiatric history of being treated for Multiple Personality Disorder as part of their defense in federal court. Stevens was indicted on 20 counts of money laundering, wire fraud, identity theft and computer fraud for allegedly embezzling nearly $6…
(follow-up) Would-be AIG extortionist sentenced
Tom Spalding reports: A 28-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced today to two years in state prison for trying to extort $208,00 from an insurance company after stealing a computer server. Kevin M. Stewart was the first to be prosecuted under a law that makes it a crime to commit extortion with material from a protected…
Health care: A ‘goldmine’ for fraudsters
Parija Kavilanz reports: There’s a group of people who really love the U.S. health care system — the fraudsters, scammers and organized criminal gangs who are bilking the system of as much as $100 billion a year. Health care identity theft dominated all other crimes in the sector last year, according to Louis Saccoccio, executive…