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California Department of Business Oversight accidentally disclosed personal information to public records requestors

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

California’s Department of Business Oversight is notifying some investment advisers and dealer-brokers that due to a redaction error on the department’s part, their Social Security numbers were sent to public records requestors. The breach, which occurred on January 5, was not discovered until March 11, and the department does not indicate how it first became aware…

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NY: Bronx men sentenced for stealing Westchester IDs, $850K

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to an ID theft case involving rogue bank employees at a number of banks in New York. The case was previously reported on this site. Matt Spillane now reports: Tyrone “Reece” Lee and Anthony “Sug” Davis impersonated Westchester residents in their last gig, but their names won’t be mistaken at their next stop….

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FBI: St. Louis County police union hacker had gun, made threats

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

Robert Patrick reports: A local man accused of launching an attack that disabled a St. Louis County police union website had a gun when arrested and made several threats about shooting law enforcement, an FBI agent said Thursday. FBI agents arrested Justin E. Payne, 32, Tuesday on a single misdemeanor charge of unauthorized damage to…

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Hattiesburg Clinic issues statement regarding HIPAA breach

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

It’s still too easy for bad actors and others to download ePHI onto thumb drives. And do most covered entities even realize it has happened or is happening? WDAM in Mississippi reports that Hattiesburg Clinic has been notifying patients of unauthorized access to their records by a former optometry provider who allegedly accessed their records to send…

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NV Attorney General Laxalt Announces Sentencing of Behavioral Health Provider for Medicaid Fraud

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that Erik Badgett, 49, of Vista, CA was sentenced this week for his scheme of submitting false Medicaid claims for behavioral health services that were never provided. Badgett previously entered a guilty plea to one count of submission of false Medicaid claims and one count of theft. The…

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NJ: Weak password blamed in Swedesboro school hack

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

Carly Q. Romalino reports: A weak network password allowed hackers to infiltrate a Gloucester County school district’s network last week, holding its files hostage for more than $125,000, according to Educational Information and Resource Center experts. A ransomware attack on Swedesboro-Woolwich Elementary School District’s network last week interrupted state-mandated testing and locked down network files…

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