Glenn Smith reports: A Charleston drug screener and a Hollywood pharmacist pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiring to harvest confidential patient prescription records from a state database so attorneys could use them in Family Court cases. The indictments against drug tester Robert Bennett [of Medical-Legal Services in West Ashley] and pharmacist Timothy Keisler [of Preferred…
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CA: Outback Steakhouse employee info on stolen POS computer
Employees at the Outback Steakhouse in Northridge, California are learning that their personal information is in the hands of burglars. In a break-in that occurred on the evening of August 6, 2015, computer equipment including the point of sale computer and back office computer were stolen. A letter from T-Bird Restaurant Group, the firm that manages that franchise,…
SONY HACK WAS WAR says FBI, and ‘we’re still struggling to hire talent’
Alexander J. Martin reports: Yesteryear’s hack of Sony Pictures was an act of war, stated FBI Supervisory Special Agent Timothy Wallach, who delivered the FBI’s gradation system of cybercriminals to net security conference Cloudsec on Thursday, 17 September. US agencies have fingered the North Korean government for the Sony attack repeatedly, initially to much scorn as the nation is…
AL: Former Hoover senior center employee sentenced for identity theft
Gadsden Times reports: A federal judge Thursday sentenced a former Hoover senior living center employee to four years and nine months in prison for using the identity of a resident with dementia to steal more than $300,000 from the resident’s bank and credit accounts, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent…
Veterans Administration reports fewer HIPAA breaches in August
Wow. The August, 2015 report by the Veterans Administration to Congress is probably the best I’ve ever seen from them. Although they reported some incidents involving accidental disclosure from mis-mailings, etc., I don’t see even one incident affecting multiple individuals. Well done, VA!
Comcast penalized $33 million by PUC for privacy breach
George Avalos reports: State regulators on Thursday approved a $33 million settlement with Comcast in connection with an unauthorized disclosure of unlisted names, phone numbers and addresses of 75,000 of the telecommunications giant’s customers. The names, phone numbers and addresses of the unlisted and non-published customers became available on Comcast’s online director (sic), in one…