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Andrey C. Cook, 34, and Richard J. Beverly II, 25, both of Pensacola, were sentenced to federal prison today on charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cook, who worked in a group home for disabled patients, stole the personal identification information of the patients and gave it to Beverly in August 2013 for…

The Denver Channel reports: Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners want a multi-state examination of Anthem, Inc. and its affiliates, following the discovery of a cybersecurity breach at the health insurance company. […] Given the potential scope of the breach and the number of consumers affected, the NAIC said it anticipates all 56…

My apologies, folks, but Akismet seems to have suddenly started tagging some legitimate comments as “spam” and throwing them in the spam folder. And there’s so many spam comments submitted each day that it may take me a while to find your comment and approve it.  

Since HHS has been revamping their breach tool, I’ve had a tough time figuring out what’s newly added or what I’ve missed. One incident, caught my eye, however, and I was able to find the covered entity’s notice of the breach. An undated notice* linked from Aspire Indiana, Inc.‘s home page explains: Aspire Indiana, Inc. Notifies…

Tyler Kingkade reports: The University of Oregon illegally pried through the medical records of a female student who was expected to file a sexual assault-related lawsuit against the school, a staff therapist claims. Jennifer Morlok, a senior staff therapist at UO’s counseling center, alleges in a letter to university administrators and a Justice Department attorney…

While everyone’s still talking about the Anthem breach, a number of sites have noted that this was not Anthem/Wellpoint’s first breach. That’s true, but according to my records, this may be their first publicly disclosed hack. In reverse chronological order, here’s what my blog posts from this site,  my two other sites, and other sources reflect,…