Alissa Skelton reports: The University of Nebraska has asked the state treasurer to remove thousands of students’ classified financial aid and loan information that was published on a state spending website. But State Treasurer Shane Osborn said Saturday that’s impossible for his agency to do with limited staff and resources. “We don’t want to put…
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LAPD officer resigns after being accused of tapping database on killer’s behalf
Joel Rubin and Jessica Porter report: A rookie Los Angeles police officer has resigned amid allegations he illegally tapped into a law enforcement computer on behalf of a gang member who was recently convicted of murder. The officer, Gabriel Morales, 25, was seeking information on two key witnesses who testified at the gang member’s murder…
Five charged with stealing patient info as part of ID theft/fraud ring
More on a breach reported earlier in the week involving Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale: A criminal complaint was filed this week against five people who are accused of stealing patient information from Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale and a physician’s office in Aventura. Albert Anthony Andrulonis, 26, of Davie, Raushanah Bowleg, 33,…
Patient and personal info exposed when package sent by courier damaged in transit
Northridge Hospital Medical Center in California notified the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human services that 837 patients were affected by a breach that occurred on October 16 involving paper records. A notice on their home page says, “Northridge Hospital Medical Center has experienced a security incident involving Medicare and Medi-Cal patient information. If you…
(ALDI update) Five Star Bank hit by debit-card fraud
Jonathan D. Epstein reports: A debit-card security breach at a discount grocery chain that operates in 11 states is costing Five Star Bank as much as $850,000 in fraud losses. Financial Institutions, the Warsaw-based parent of the bank, expects to suffer a pretax loss of about $750,000 to $850,000 in the fourth quarter in connection…
NC: County published some property owners’ Social Security Numbers online
Chris Mazzolini reports: The Social Security numbers of 163 New Hanover County property owners were mistakenly published on the county website for anyone to see. The lists containing the numbers were removed from the site Tuesday so county officials could scrub them from the data, said Chairman Jason Thompson, who learned that the numbers were…