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Some IT staff at Victor Valley College return to work while security protocol breach investigation continues

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to the somewhat puzzling news report that the entire IT staff of Victor Valley College had been been placed on paid administrative leave while “a breach in security protocol” was being investigated.  Brooke Self reports: Three of seven Information Technology employees who were placed on paid administrative leave in late January after Victor Valley College’s…

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Amedisys notifies 6,909 patients after failure to locate 142 devices during inventory

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Dissent

On March 2nd, home health and hospice care provider Amedisys issued a press release that disclosed that during a risk management inventory of their devices, which commenced during the second half of 2014, they were unable to locate 142 encrypted computers and laptops. The devices had been assigned to Amedisys clinicians and other team members who left the company between 2011…

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Adventures in breach alerts, Saturday edition

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Dissent

If you’re going to misdirect a fax containing personal information, you probably don’t want to misdirect it to a security firm with a blog. SLC Security reports that they received faxes from William Farrell, CPA of Cary, NC containing what appeared to be payroll information. When they tried to contact the firm using the contact email prominently posted on the firm’s…

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Lawsuits over Paytime data breach dismissed

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Dissent

Matt Miller reports: Saying no legally compensable injuries have yet occurred, a federal judge Friday dismissed two would-be class-action lawsuits filed over last year’s massive data breach at the Paytime Inc. national payroll firm. The clients who sued the Cumberland County-based Paytime had sought financial damages for what they claimed was the threat they face of…

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Romano’s Jewelers Owner, Employees Charged With Identity Theft

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Dissent

By Candice Nguyen and Lynn Walsh report: The owner of a San Diego jewelry store and two employees have been charged with 14 counts of identity theft in connection with obtaining personal financial information from customers who were active duty military members, according to a complaint filed by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office…

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WI: Ex-VA worker charged with stealing identities from hospital, mail from neighbors

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Dissent

Ed Treleven reports: A former Veterans Hospital lab worker used information stolen from VA records, from mail stolen from her neighbors and information purchased on the Internet to obtain credit cards and access other people’s checking accounts, according to criminal charges filed this week. Elizabeth Feng, 23, of Madison, was charged Thursday with 17 counts…

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