A press release from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, issued today: The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is notifying nearly 133,000 individuals that their names and some personal information may have been contained on an agency laptop computer that was stolen from an OSDH employee’s car last week. A database related to the…
Category: Theft
Patient data stolen from Philadelphia’s Family Planning Council
Robert Moran reports: The Family Planning Council in Philadelphia made public Friday that a computer storage device containing the personal and medical records of about 70,000 patients was stolen in December and remains missing. The theft was blamed on a former worker whose employment ended Dec. 28, the day the theft was discovered and reported…
Medical office assistants charged criminally under HIPAA for their part in ID theft ring
A March 15, 2011 indictment of twelve defendants charged for their parts in an identity theft and bank fraud scheme has been unsealed. Two of the defendants, who worked for HIPAA-covered entities in Florida, and have also been charged with HIPAA violations. According to the indictment, Erica Hall was employed by Dr. Linda Green in Coral…
Former Emily Morgan hotel worker pleads guilty in massive theft case
In what has been a looong-running ID theft case involving paper records stolen from the Emily Morgan Hotel in Texas, another defendant, Cody Jones, has pleaded guilty.
Applied Micro Circuits math: Laptop with unencrypted SSN + car = Breach notifications
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation recently notified some of its current and former employees that a laptop with their names and Social Security Numbers was stolen from an employee’s car. In a letter to those affected dated March 23, the technology firm indicated that the theft occurred on February 23. In one of the oddest things…
IN: Sensitive information stolen from little league players
Heather MacWilliams reports: Columbus, Ind.— Employees of the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department worked late into the night Wednesday calling the parents of nearly 100 kids who’s most personal information is now in the hands of a complete stranger. It happened after little league manager Jeremy Hurd’s car was broken into while he was shopping…