Randy Travis reports: Nearly a dozen former city of College Park employees have something in common. And it’s not good. According to police, 11 former employees are identity theft victims in a criminal case worth close to $100,000. […] LeShanda Mitchell faces 32 felony counts including identity theft, computer forgery, and money laundering. She worked as a…
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PA: Acting Secretary Of Health And Deputy Don’t Testify At Contact Tracing Data Breach Hearing
Meghan Schiller reports: t’s a battle between transparency and legal quagmire: who should answer questions about the data breach of private health information for some 70,000 Pennsylvanians? KDKA’s Meghan Schiller talked to one local state senator who tried to get the conversation started but said it ended in silence. “It’s great to ask questions that…
TX: Herff Jones data breach leaves students’ bank information compromised
Haya Panjwani reports: A data breach at UH [University of Houston] graduation cap and gown vendor, Herff Jones, has some students’ bank information compromised. Mariah Ochoa, a psychology senior, tweeted about her debit card information being stolen on Sunday, and received numerous replies of students having similar experiences. “I ordered my cap and gown back in February…
MA: Concord data breach affected about 70,000 across the country; hard drives still missing
Robert Fucci reports that Concord, Massachusetts is first notifying 70,000 people whose information was on 108 hard drives that went missing in 2019. It’s taken them until now to figure out whom to notify, it seems. “We’ve been waiting on some data from our attorney who has worked on this with us,” Crane said. “We…
200K Veterans’ Medical Records Exposed, But Were They Also Exfiltrated?
Becky Bracken reports: A database filled with the medical records of nearly 200,000 U.S. military veterans was exposed online by a vendor working for the Veterans Administration, according to an analyst, who also presented evidence the data might have been exfiltrated by ransomware attackers. The VA for it’s part said that the evidence may point to…
It seems we are not yet done hearing about the Netgain Technology breach (with updates)
And another (7/1) CentraCare Health and Carris Health – Willmar Lakeland Clinic (formerly known as Family Practice Medical Center) And another (6/16) Imperial Beach Community Clinic (Health Center Partners of Southern California (“HCP”) And another (6/14) Family Health Centers of San Diego (Health Center Partners of Southern California (“HCP”) And another (6/8) Minnesota Community Care …