Aw, c’mon, already, dammit! From the LSU Health Science Center, today: New Orleans, LA – A laptop stolen from a member of the faculty of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine has potentially exposed the protected health information of approximately 5,000 minor patients primarily living in Louisiana and Mississippi. Dr. Christopher Roth, Assistant Professor of…
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Vermont medical practice notifies patients after office burglary
Max M. Bayard, MD PC is notifying patients that their personal information was on devices stolen during an office burglary on August 5. The information included names, Social Security numbers, and some personal health information. Although the treatment-related information varies by person, examples include dates of birth, Medicare/Medicaid enrollment information, dates of treatment, types of treatment, and diagnoses. “As soon…
NJ Supreme Court upholds criminal indictment of school board employee who stole student records to support lawsuit
Jeffrey A. Gruen of Day Pitney LLP reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the criminal indictment of an employee who stole documents from her employer to support her employment lawsuit. It’s an insider breach that I don’t recall ever reading about before, although now that I’ve gone looking for it, I can see…
Russian Hacker Drinkman Pleads Guilty in Largest Data Breach
David Voreacos has an update to the case against Vladimir Drinkman: A Russian hacker pleaded guilty in the biggest data-breach case in U.S. history, admitting he helped steal 160 million credit-card numbers. Vladimir Drinkman, 34, said Tuesday in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, that he conspired with four other men to pillage credit card numbers…
U.S. judge certifies class action over Target Corp data breach
Joseph Ax reports: A U.S. judge on Tuesday certified a class action against Target Corp brought by several banks over the retailer’s massive data breach in 2013. Read more on Reuters.
Florida private investigator charged with attempting to hack Muslim charity
Teri Robinson reports: Timothy Sedlak, a private investigator in Florida, was charged Monday with trying to gain unauthorized access to a charity’s computer system allegedly while doing research on whether some nonprofits are “unintentionally” providing financial support to Islamic jihadists. The charity wasn’t identified in a complaint filed against the 42-year-old Sedlak in federal court in the…