Molly Sullivan reports: Thirty-two suspected gang members were charged on suspicion of committing a “high-tech crime,” which involved hacking into credit card terminals in dental and medical offices, and stealing patient identities, the California Department of Justice announced Monday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said at a news conference in Sacramento the gangs, known as the…
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AZ: Files containing patient info left unsecured at TMC HealthCare property
Gloria Knott reports: More than a thousand paper files containing patient information were left unsecured during a 2-week time frame at a storage suite on TMC HealthCare property in July, a news release from TMC HealthCare says. TMC HealthCare is the umbrella organization that includes Tucson Medical Center and other offices. This particular incident did…
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Alleged Russian Hacker Responsible For Massive Network Intrusions At JP Morgan Chase, Other U.S. Financial Institutions, Brokerage Firms, A Major News Publication, And Other Companies
Press release of September 7: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and David E. Beach, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service New York Field…
Dallas County Community College District notification of breach
From a notification submitted by the college’s external counsel to the New Hampshire Department of Justice: On October 5, 2017, Dallas County Community College District identified unusual activity in an employee email account. Dallas County Community College District immediately changed the employee’s credentials and launched an investigation, with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigation…
Personal info for 2,000 DC students mistakenly posted online
Fox5 reports: The personal information for 2,000 homeless D.C. students was mistakenly published online and accessible for six months, school officials said. According to D.C. Public Schools, the accidental disclosure took place after a spreadsheet with the students’ information was provided to the D.C. Council. The spreadsheet was then posted on the council’s website. The information included…
Government transparency site revealed Social Security numbers, other personal info
Tal Kopan reports: A federal government transparency website made public dozens, if not hundreds, of Social Security numbers and other personal information in a design error during a system upgrade. The error, on a Freedom of Information Act request portal, was fixed after CNN alerted the government to the situation. For weeks prior, however, individuals’…