According to KLTV, Amerigroup released the following statement yesterday: On February 13, 2014, Amerigroup was made aware that an IRS agent and the Tallahassee, Florida, Police department discovered documents containing protected health information (PHI) in screen prints from an Amerigroup claims system while searching the car of a suspect on January 30, 2014. The documents…
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Final Two Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands Of Patients’ Personal Identity Information
Another update to a breach, previously covered on this blog, that involved information on patients of Apex Laboratory in Florida: Michael Ali Bryant, Sr., 41, and his wife, Latina Rashawn Bryant, 43, both of Lauderdale Lakes, were sentenced for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Michael Bryant was sentenced to 144 months in prison,…
State apologizes after exposing crime victims’ personal info online
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is apologizing after a breach exposed crime victims’ information online. Kelly Hinchcliffe and Laura Leslie of WRAL report that the news station discovered the breach: The breach happened sometime in late 2012 after the department created a new website and moved it to a state server, according Department…
TX: Man allegedly tied to hacker group Anonymous accused of targeting ‘Monitor,’ La Joya ISD, Hidalgo County
Ildefonso Ortiz reports: A Donna man with ties to the international computer hacking group Anonymous is accused of trying to break into various Web servers, including those of Hidalgo County, La Joya ISD and The Monitor. Thursday morning, a somber-looking Fidel Salinas went before Magistrate Judge Peter Ormsby, who informed him of the new accusations presented…
Hey “Chicken Littles,” Wyndham Doesn’t Mean the Sky is Falling
Jeff Kosseff writes: Based on the extensive news coverage of this week’s court ruling against Wyndham Hotels and Resorts in its battle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one would think that the sky is falling on efforts to resist FTC enforcement actions relating to data security. Adweek wrote that the case is “a test for…
Pointing fingers, Thursday edition – U.S. Info Search tells its side
On April 8, this blog published a post concerning the Court Ventures breach that questioned whether Experian was getting a bad rap for a breach that started with Court Ventures and its reciprocal data sharing agreement with U.S. Info Search. Unbeknownst to DataBreaches.net at the time, U.S. Info Search had issued a press release the…