From the Goldwater Institute: January 28 — The Goldwater Institute was shocked to learn yesterday of a massive breach of privacy by the Arizona Department of Education, which released private personal information relating to almost 7,000 parents who participate in the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program. The data breach is just the latest in…
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School district officials investigating possible breach of online grading system
KUSI in San Diego reports: School district officials say they are investigating an apparent breach of the online grading system at Torrey Pines High School. Multiple sources tell KUSI that the system was hacked to alter student grades and transcripts. Read more on KUSI.
PA: Johnstown woman steals medical records, money from business
Patrick Buchnowski reports: A Johnstown woman has been charged with stealing $3,350 from the Southmont business were she once worked in order to feed her drug habit, and then removing medical records to cover up the crime, authorities allege. Wast Hills Regional police charged Shannon Lee Shander, 46, of the 100 block of Fair Oaks…
United Healthcare reports breach affecting undisclosed number of SC customers
Mary Katherine Wildeman reports: United Healthcare customers in South Carolina may have seen their private information exposed in a data breach that happened last year, the company said in a disclosure Friday. First and last names, health plan information and private medical claims data all could have been compromised, United said. The health insurance company…
Fondren Orthopedic Group notifies patients after malware incident destroyed patient records
Fondren Orthopedic Group in Texas is notifying patients of Dr. K. Matthew Warnock of a malware incident on November 21, 2019. The attack corrupted and permanently damaged some patients’ records, but there was no evidence that other any records were accessed and copied or exfiltrated. According to their notice to HHS, they are notifying 30,049…
FL: Clinic worker pleads guilty to identity theft
Austin L. Miller reports: A 49-year-old Leesburg woman pleaded guilty in the federal courthouse in Ocala Thursday to charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud. Stacey Lavette Hendricks faces up to 20 years behind bars on the wire fraud charge, followed by a mandatory two-year term for identity theft, according to federal authorities. Read…