Michelle Hunter reports: Gretna police arrested an employee of a local radio station accused of stealing the personal information of listeners who won prizes and using the data to open cable accounts and credit cards. Bryan Bienemy, 35, of Gretna, was arrested and booked Wednesday with three counts of felony identity theft and 19 counts of misdemeanor…
Category: U.S.
Settlement Proposed in Maricopa County Community College District Data Breach Litigation
NOTE: Do NOT contact me about this settlement or expect me to help you file a claim or anything. I am just a breach blogger/citizen journalist and advocate, but I am not your advocate. Do NOT post your details in comments, either. Follow the directions on the post card you received or go to http://www.mcccdclassaction.kroll.com and follow…
OH: Patient records from defunct hospital found in dumpster
Natalie Tendall reports that hundreds of people’s identities and personal medical information was found in a dumpster by someone who contacted the police and news station. The documents contain social security numbers, birth dates and very private health information from hundreds of people in the area…… Hundreds of people’s private, health documents including STD test orders,…
NH: Personal info of Dover volunteers mistakenly dumped
Kimberley Haas reports: Personal information for close to 160 volunteers in Dover’s school district — including their fingerprint cards and social security numbers — was “mistakenly destroyed” this fall, according to city officials. Between early September and the beginning of last month, a janitor working for S.J. Services in Danvers, Mass., bagged up numerous postmarked…
Blue Cross Blue Shield mailing error disclosed 1,872 dental claims statements to other members
AP reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska said Thursday that it mistakenly disclosed personal dental claims information in statements to more than 1,800 customers. The company said a printing error caused some dental explanation of benefits forms to be sent to the wrong customers. The forms reveal treatment and services that the insurer paid…
FL: LabCorp employee accused of stealing patient information for credit card fraud
AFTV reports: A Lake County woman used her job drawing blood for lab tests to steal patients’ identities, open up credit cards and go on shopping sprees, investigators said. Channel 9 found out Kadesa Sayles lost her job at LabCorp. “She had access to confidential information, which included Social Security numbers, as well as credit card numbers,”…