Jonathan Grass reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced multiple charges in a lengthy identity theft scheme that operated out of Birmingham. The stolen identity tax refund scheme operated between 2008 and 2011 and is believed to involve more than $1 million in false claims. It involved stealing personal identity information from the Internal Revenue…
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VA: E-mail error exposes students’ personal information to other students
Add Thomas Nelson Community College to the list of colleges and universities disclosing breaches in 2015. The college learned on December 9, 2015, that on December 8, 2015, confidential student information including name, address, phone number, Social Security number, student identification number, date of birth, immunization dates, background check results (no offenses listed), grades, and student progress indicators were…
Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser Avoids Prison Over Theft of Data
Chris Dolmetsch reports the latest on Galen Marsh’s case: A fired Morgan Stanley financial adviser who downloaded client information to a home server to give his job search a boost was sentenced to three years’ probation for accessing the bank’s computer network without permission. Galen Marsh, who prosecutors say called the stolen data “the world’s best…
Misconfigured database may have exposed 1.5 million individuals’ PHI: researcher (UPDATE2)
Alliance Health is a technology company that owns and operates a group of condition-specific social communities with over 1.5 million registered members. Their 29 communities include conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, Crohn’s, asthma, allergies, and HIV, but also includes mental health conditions such as ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, and anxiety disorders. To join a community, the member is…
Database leak exposes Uncle Maddio’s employees’ and customers’ info – or did it? (UPDATED)
Update: On December 23, DataBreaches.net received a statement from Uncle Maddio’s public relations firm saying this is not their database: “Thank you for contacting Uncle Maddio’s Pizza. After investigating the information you provided from the third party and reviewing our information security standards and systems, we believe you may have us confused with another company. The information…
FL: Medical records found scattered on Fort Myers street identified
WINK News reports: Hundreds of medical records from patients at Radiology Regional Center spilled out on Fowler Street earlier Saturday morning, causing a major traffic tie up. The records included financial accounting statements, old phone bills, invoices and front desk registration information. Read more on WINK News. A county employee seems not to have noticed that doors on the…