Here we go again…. another seemingly avoidable data theft. A Minnetonka-based employee of Famous Dave’s left some baggage in the car of a companion, including a work-related laptop computer containing a report with unencrypted employee information. As Famous Dave’s reported to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office by letter on April 16, the laptop was…
Category: U.S.
Scottrade sues hacker
Barbara Leonard reports: A Russian hacker broke into online brokerage accounts and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from its customers in a “hack, pump and dump” scheme, Scottrade claims in Federal Court. Defendant Valery Maltsev responded in a statement that said, in part: “Scottrade investors didn’t even see that money were going away from…
St. Jude patients’ data stolen on computers
Courtney Perkes reports: St. Jude Heritage Medical Group in Fullerton has notified about 22,000 patients that their personal health and financial data might have been accessed after five computers were stolen. Heritage, which is affiliated with St. Jude Medical Center, sent letters about the theft last week, according to hospital spokeswoman Dru Ann Copping. The…
Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center notifies HHS of breach
Another breach newly revealed on OCR’s web site: Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center State: Nebraska Business Associate Involved: McKesson Information Solutions, LLC Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 660 Date of Breach: 3/19/10 Type of Breach: Other Location of Breached Information: Paper Records As of the time of this posting, neither entity has any notice…
Texas man set to admit building botnet-for-hire
Robert McMillan reports: A Mesquite, Texas, man is set to plead guilty to training his 22,000-PC botnet on a local ISP — just to show off its firepower to a potential customer. David Anthony Edwards will plead guilty to charges that he and another man, Thomas James Frederick Smith, built a custom botnet, called Nettick,…
RI: Computer glitch causes big headaches
Susan Hogan reports: An Attleboro businessman thought he hit the jackpot, his company’s 401k plan doubled in value in just months. Not only had his 401k doubled in size, so did the amount of employees he supposedly had working for him. The company he hired to handle his payroll and 401k plan, had somehow sent…