Add University of the Southwest to your list of those notifying current and former employees that their W-2 or payroll information was accessed without authorization from their vendor, Greenshades. But don’t jump to conclude that the fault is with Greenshades, because the tax filing vendor says the problem is not with them. Following up on previous breach…
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dōTERRA letter informs customers of possible data breach
McKenzie Romero reports: A letter sent to customers and distributors from doTERRA, the Utah-based essential oil company, is warning that an apparent data breach last month may have compromised their personal information. A letter dated April 18 explains that a breach of doTERRA’s third-party data hosting and software service provider may have accessed the names,…
NY: Tax refund fraud reported by Stony Point employees under investigation
It looks like employees of yet another town may have become victims of tax refund fraud, and the town is trying to determine the cause. This time, the report comes from Stony Point, New York, where 30 current and former employees have reported that when they attempted to file their tax returns, they discovered that…
2,400 members’ info stolen, Kaiser Permanente says
Nereida Moreno reports: A mail delivery truck carrying the personal information of 2,400 Kaiser Permanente members on the Inland Empire Health Plan was stolen last month from a parking lot in Santa Clarita, officials announced Friday. Michelle Simms, a Kaiser Permanente spokeswoman, said the health care provider reported the theft to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…
Tampa International Airport infosecurity breach spurred probe
Yvette C. Hammett reports: A consultant working to upgrade Tampa International Airport’s computer system last year caused concern among some airport employees about a potentially serious security breach because he shared his user name and password with 19 people in foreign countries. […] The information technology consultant, Gautham Sampath, who told airport authorities he shared…
Chicago medical records exchange sues IT vendor
Joseph Conn reports: The hospital association that operates a major Chicago-area health information exchange is suing its health information technology vendor that abruptly announced it will go out of business. The hospital Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, now merged with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, operates the MetroChicago HIE that connects more than 30 northeastern…