Back in December, Brian Krebs reported: Digital gift card retailer Gyft has forced a password reset for some of its users. The move comes in response to the theft of usernames and passwords from a subset of Gyft customers. Mountain View, Calif. based Gyft lets customers buy and use gift cards entirely from their mobile…
Category: U.S.
UCF hit with potential class action lawsuit in Social Security hack
That was quick – but also interesting. Sean Levin reports: A former University of Central Florida student body president and member of UCF’s Board of Trustees filed a class action lawsuit against the university Friday after being victimized in UCF’s massive Social Security number hack. The lawsuit was filed in federal court, in the Orlando…
Jackson Memorial Hospital Fires Two Employees For Accessing, Leaking Jason Pierre-Paul’s Medical Records To ESPN
There’s a follow-up to a medical privacy breach previously discussed on this blog. Jordan Raanan reports: After a lengthy investigation and litigation, two individuals were fired from Jackson Memorial Hospital for inappropriately accessing the medical records of Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. Read the hospital’s statement on NJ.com.
NY: Rite Aid employee stole customer addresses, credit card numbers
Abbott Brant reports: If you shopped at Rite Aid‘s 238 Hooker Ave. store in the past year, you should keep an eye on your bank and credit card statements, according to the Rite Aid Corporation. A Rite Aid associate at the Poughkeepsie location “may have obtained limited customer information” including customer names, addresses and payment…
Former Cuesta College employee sentenced for identity theft
There’s a follow-up to an insider breach at Cuesta College first noted on this site in June, 2015. The employee in question, Lacey Fowler, 30, was a human resources analyst at the college and used her position to access co-workers’ information to open up credit accounts in the victims’ names. She had pleaded no contest to…
Event: 2016 PHI Protection Network Conference
I don’t get to attend many conferences as I’m self-funded, but I’ll be attending the 2016 PPN Conference in Philadelphia March 17-18. Here’s the program: Day One 8:15 – 8:30 Welcome Remarks 8:30 – 9:30 Explore Evolving Health Care Threat Gamut: Employee Negligence to Criminal Attacks Investigators from the FBI and the Justice Department will…