As a brief update on the Montefiore Medical Center breaches reported previously: According to a hospital spokesperson with whom I spoke today, the Finance Department theft affected 16,000 patients, while the School Health Program theft affected 23,000 students and their families. No arrest has been made in either case yet. The hospital declined to be…
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Texas Firm Blames Bank for $50,000 Cyber Heist
Brian Krebs reports: A business telephone equipment company in Texas is trying to force its bank into a settlement over an attack by organized cyber thieves last year that cost the company $50,000. Attorneys for Dallas-based Hi-Line Supply Inc. recently convinced a state court to require depositions from officials at Community Bank, Inc. of Rockwall,…
NJ: Tenants can’t get answers on Guttenberg security breach
Residents of Guttenberg’s subsidized public housing projects are afraid their personal information could be misused now that the Guttenberg Housing Authority sent them letters this month saying a computer security breach allowed “an unauthorized individual” access to their personal files, including Social Security and credit card data. The letters were not specific, and GHA officials…
St. Al’s missing data tapes with employees’ personal info
Add Saint Alphonsus employees to those affected by the backup tape lost by Mercer reported previously on this site. KTVB reports: Approximately 1,000 current and former Saint Alphonsus employees are being notified that a computer back-up tape containing their personal information has gone missing. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center and its parent company Trinity Health…
NM: Computer Heist at Bank Nets $700K: Student Loan Foundation Account Victimized
John Fleck reports: Someone accessed the bank account of the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation earlier this month, making off with as much as $700,000. The nonprofit foundation manages federal student loans worth $1.3 billion for 94,000 New Mexicans, said the organization’s president, Elwood “Woody” Farber. Farber said only the foundation’s bank account, not any…
Health Net Settlement Leaves Physicians Unsettled
Cathryn J. Prince reports: Insurance giant Health Net’s historic settlement over a security breach leaves some area physicians unsettled. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced a settlement with Health Net and its affiliates for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information on nearly 500,000 Connecticut patients. However, the settlement doesn’t address the breach…