Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun reports: The FBI said Friday it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. UMC officials spent Friday determining…
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AZ Attorney General to investigate Health Net
A second state’s attorney general is opening an investigation into the Health Net breach that was only recently revealed six months after the data were either lost or stolen. From the press release from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard: Attorney General Terry Goddard today called on Health Net, a Connecticut-based insurance company, to immediately notify…
Notre Dame security breach potentially affects employees
Notre Dame is warning university employees to keep an eye on their bank accounts after a security breach. Personal information of some past and current employees – including name, social security number and birth date – was accidentally put onto a public website. University spokesman Dennis Brown says the error was corrected and the information…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Clyde Austin Gray Jr., described as the ringleader of a nationwide identity theft ring that also victimized Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s wife, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution. More. Lori L. Barb was charged with ID theft…
TAD Gear hacked, customer data misused
TAD Gear has posted a notice on its web site at tadgear.com: This notice is to inform our customers of a security incident at TAD Gear. We recently learned that our database was illegally accessed from an external source, and it appears that some customer data were taken, which may include customer names, contact information…
TX: Former VP of First Service CU convicted for bank fraud, ID theft
A former Senior Vice President of Area Operations for First Service Credit Union in Houston has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $30,000 from his former employer, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Christopher Allen, 41, of Houston, appeared before United States District Judge Sim Lake today and pleaded guilty to bank fraud and…