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FL: Computer hack at Orange Park City hall last month nearly cost $500,000

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

Jim Schoettler reports that employees falling for a phishing scheme nearly cost the town almost $500,000: A cyber hack last month at Orange Park City Hall cleared nearly $500,000 from the city’s bank account, but the theft was caught in time for a wire transfer to be reversed and security measures have been installed to…

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TX: Nassau Bay nurse accused of stealing hospital employees’ information

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

Anoushah Rasta reports: A Houston-area nurse has been arrested and charged with credit card abuse for allegedly stealing personal information and using it to open credit cards in other people’s names. Toni McGragh Terry, 44 is accused of stealing the personal information of hospital employees and possibly of patients. Police would not reveal the name…

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Walgreens privacy breach puts info in hands of scary drug addict, suit claims

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dissent

Aimee Green reports: A man is suing the nation’s largest drug-store chain for $10,000 — claiming that staff at a Gresham Walgreens pharmacy inadvertently shared a copy of his oxycodone prescription with a drug addict, who then tracked him down and demanded that he hand over his pills. The lawsuit details a frightening face-to-face encounter outside…

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Changes Coming to Credit Agencies Won’t Stop Hackers

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dissent

Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg reports: The three big U.S. credit-reporting agencies have agreed to be more helpful. Errors in your credit history will now be easier to correct and delinquent medical bills will take longer to hurt your credit score. An agreement announced Monday between New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion will limit the…

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Indiana State Medical Association discloses theft of backup drives with 39,090 members’ health insurance information

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dissent

A statement from ISMA: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) experienced the theft of two archive backup hard drives on Feb. 13, 2015. The equipment stored the ISMA group health and life insurance databases, which contained information on 39,090 insureds. This was a random criminal act that occurred while an ISMA employee was transporting the…

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Sonoma County social worker sued for snooping in applicant’s files

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dissent

Sometimes employees snoop in healthcare or government databases just out of curiosity. Other times, they snoop to obtain information to misuse. That misuse could involve financial fraud such as tax refund fraud, or it could involve tormenting your neighbor, according to a lawsuit in Santa Rosa, California. Paul Payne of the Press Democrat reported on a case…

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