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Radiology office mistakenly reveals 603 mammogram patients’ names

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Dissent

I’m not a fan of postcard appointment reminders for patients, as they expose the fact that the named individual is a patient of a particular doctor or practice – and sometimes, that, in and of itself, reveals more than I would want to see revealed. But under HIPAA, postcard reminders are not barred, and patients…

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NY: Ringleader In Orange County Bank Fraud And Identity-Theft Scheme Convicted

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Dissent

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the conviction of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 29, for running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Newburgh, N.Y.   Following a trial in Orange County Court, the jury convicted Lee of all 15 Counts charged, including Grand Larceny and…

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University of California – Berkeley alerting 80,000 to December hack involving SSN or bank account info (UPDATE1)

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Dissent

From the University of California – Berkeley: UC Berkeley officials are sending alert notices to approximately 80,000 current and former faculty, staff, students and vendors following a criminal cyberattack on a system storing their Social Security or bank account numbers. The campus has no evidence that any unauthorized individual actually accessed, acquired or used any…

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IRS “Get Transcript” breach much bigger than first thought – now more than 700K victims

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Dissent

Andrew Taylor of AP reports: The IRS says the number of taxpayers whose tax information may have been stolen by computer hackers now exceeds 700,000 — more than double the agency’s previous estimate. The tax collecting agency says 390,000 more taxpayer accounts may have compromised than the 334,000 it warned about a year and a…

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Where does your local govt store old records?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Dissent

Seen on reddit, posted by “hiimquinten:” Okay, guys. This is my first time here so sorry if somethings not right about this post. But I have no idea where to go about addressing this. My friends and I went ghost hunting in an abandoned school in our town tonight. It was the typical very old…

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All in the family update: Second Sister Gets Prison in Tax Identity Theft Scheme

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Dissent

Wheeler News Service reports the latest development in a case previously noted on this blog: A second sister from Milwaukee is going to prison for stealing identities to get more than $234,000 in bogus state income tax refunds. 38-year-old Sharon Staten will spend 10 years behind bars and 10 more on supervision on counts of…

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