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Former Holy Cross Hospital employee sentenced to prison for disclosing patient information

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dissent

Natasha Lolita Orr, 36, of Miami, a former employee at Holy Cross Hospital, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to disclosing individually identifiable health information. During the previous plea hearing, Orr admitted to stealing patient information from the Holy Cross Hospital Emergency Room during her employment at the hospital. She then sold that stolen…

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Comptroller offers discount on credit monitoring after data breach

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dissent

I read the following news story by Dan Wallach and thought, “Are you kidding me?!” The Texas Comptroller’s office has arranged for individuals affected by an inadvertent exposure of personal data to receive a 70 percent discount on one year of credit monitoring to alert them if their information is misused. On Monday, the comptroller’s office…

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Pryor Urges FTC to Investigate Data Breach that Exposes Millions of Consumers

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dissent

U.S. Senator Mark Pryor has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the Chairman to investigate the recent data breach of Epsilon, an online marketing firm that handles email lists for companies such as Target, Best Buy, Walgreens, and Citi Group. Pryor said the information that was stolen is likely limited to e-mail…

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Update: One of two stolen Albright computers recovered

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dissent

Steven Henshaw reports: State police said Friday that they have recovered one of two laptop computers stolen from Albright College’s financial aid office. Troopers said it appears the suspect, who is not a student, stole the computers to trade them for drugs, not the information they contained. The second laptop remains missing and an investigation…

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IN: Credit card scam hits local eatery

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dissent

A restaurant in Richmond, Indiana seems to have fallen for a ruse that has resulted in fraudulent charges on their customers’ credit and debit cards. Robert Sullivan reports: A local restaurant and several of its customers have been victimized by a credit card fraud scam, Richmond Police Department officials said. Fifteen individuals who ate at…

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SSA exposed SSNs, names, birth dates for 36,000 people, IG says

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Dissent

From the are-you-absolutely-sure-you’re-not-dead dept. Alice Lipowicz reports: The Social Security Administration publicly made available the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information on more than 36,000 people from May 2007 to April 2010 despite being warned about the privacy risks, according to a report from SSA’s Office of the Inspector General….

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