Audits/checking logs works. I’m surprised that the employee was charged with a felony, though. Matthew Perenchio reports: A former Jackson County Jail worker has been charged with felony misconduct after being accused of improperly running criminal background checks on herself and her half-brother. Jennifer L. Stanley, 34, of Onalaska also faces a misdemeanor computer crime…
Category: Unauthorized Access
Stonewalled? Guttenberg housing residents still worried
Back in August, I reported a breach involving the Guttenberg Housing Authority in New Jersey that had reportedly left many housing residents and housing applicants on the waiting list confused and worried due to the lack of information in the notifications. Three months later, Tricia Tirella of the Hudson Reporter reports that residents are still…
NY: Ex-MCC student Terry Zimmerman says he stole others’ refunds to find HIV cure
Gary Craig reports: A 19-year-old former Monroe Community College student maintains he stole from other college students via identity theft because he wanted to find a cure for the AIDS virus, authorities allege. Rochester resident Terry Zimmerman, who assisted other MCC students with computer problems, used his access to steal their financial aid refunds, court…
Escrow Co. Sues Bank Over $440K Cyber Theft
Brian Krebs writes: An escrow firm in Missouri is suing its bank to recover $440,000 that organized cyber thieves stole in an online robbery earlier this year, claiming the bank’s reliance on passwords to secure high-dollar transactions failed to measure up to federal e-banking security guidelines. The attack against Springfield, Mo. based title insurance provider…
Puerto Rico Dept of Health reports breach affecting 400,000; Triple-S Salud fined $100k
The Puerto Rico Department of Health has reported a security breach to HHS involving Triple-S Management and Corp. and Triple-S Salud, Inc. Triple-S Management is a managed care company while Triple-S Salud (Triple Health) is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association for Puerto Rico. The breach was reported to HHS…
California serious about unauthorized employee access to patient data
The California Dept. of Public Health has just fined seven more entities whose employees improperly accessed patient data. You can read the summaries on the companion blog at It’s great that the state is fining them, but one wonders why HHS/OCR are not also fining entities for these types of breaches or even worse…