Jonathan Lowe reports: …. “It has the social security numbers on it, the birth date and the person’s name and address,” Murphy explains. He says he discovered boxes of absentee ballots inside the recreation hall at the Bangor Township hall. “Bangor Township had an energy expo on Sept. 24.” Murphy says. “I was looking for a…
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Eventbrite suffers possible security breach
Alfred Branch Jr. reports: Ticketing and event management company Eventbrite is dealing with a possible security breach following the theft of two iPads that contained personal information of some of its customers. The company was using the iPads as part of its new Eventbrite At The Door ticketing solution, which allows venues or events to…
Former Broward School District employee sentenced to 5 years for ID thefts
This is an update to a case previously mentioned on PHIprivacy.net. At the time, the emphasis of my coverage was on other members of the ID theft ring who worked in medical offices and stole patient information. NBC Miami provided more details on the school district aspect: Jasmin Rembert, a worker in the teacher certification…
Confirmed: the SAIC/TRICARE breach was due to theft of tapes left in an unattended vehicle
Sig Christensen has the confirmation for my hunch that the SAIC breach involved theft and not just loss of the backup tapes: Science Applications International Corp., a Pentagon contractor, said Thursday the worker had been given the job of taking the tapes from one federal facility to another when they were stolen. A San Antonio…
Ex-officer sentenced in identity theft
Here’s a case where the misuse of a law enforcement database may have added to the sentencing. Matt Okamus provides a follow-up to a breach previously mentioned on this blog: A former Montgomery Police Department officer was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison with two years of supervised release Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney…
TRICARE discloses SAIC breach: stolen backup tapes held data on 4.9 million (updated)
TRICARE, the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide, issued the following public statement on their web site: STATEMENT On September 14, 2011, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) reported a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) impacting an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients. The information…