Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos report: Federal prosecutors broadened a case linked to what the U.S. called a multiyear criminal enterprise centering on hacks of publishing and financial firms including JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to court records in Manhattan. […] In a revised indictment, Anthony Murgio and his co-conspirators are accused of knowingly exchanging…
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Contractor charged with damaging Reserve pay software
Kevin Lilley reports: The “glitch” that delayed Army Reserve paychecks for an average of 17 days in late 2014 now has an alleged face. Mittesh Das, a civilian contractor, could face 10 years in prison and a quarter-million dollar fine on charges he damaged the Regional Level Application Software, a critical Army Reserve computer network….
Wyoming Medical Center reports patient record breach
Laura Hancock reports: Records of nearly 3,200 Wyoming Medical Center patients may have been accessed in February, the hospital reported Thursday. On Feb. 25, an unidentified third party had access for 15 minutes to two Wyoming Medical Center email accounts containing patient records, the Casper hospital said in a statement. The records contained patient names,…
EPIC Defends Right of PayTime Data Breach Victims to Bring Suit
EPIC.org is joining those who believe that victims of the PayTime data breach should not have had their lawsuit dismissed for lack of standing. EPIC has filed an amicus urging a federal appeals court to overturn a decision that limits the ability of data breach victims to sue. The plaintiffs sued a payroll company after their Social Security Numbers and…
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic settles HHS/OCR charges over failure to have BAA in place
HHS has announced another enforcement action. This one stems from an investigation into a breach noted on this site in May, 2013. Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. of North Carolina (Raleigh Orthopaedic) has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule…
Pain Treatment Centers of America notifies 19,397 patients of Bizmatics breach
Ouch. The Pain Treatment Centers of America and Interventional Surgery Institute in Arkansas have been notifying HHS and 19,397 patients about a security incident involving their vendor, Bizmatics. I had reported last month that Bizmatics’ breach impacted at least 30,000 patients of two other clients. PTCOA becomes the third provider we now know about. I’ve emphasized some statements in PTCOA’s notice,…