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Central Jersey medical practice reports records breach

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Dissent

We now know the name of a medical practice that was impacted by the theft of patient records in September. The records had reportedly been sold at the time by the thief. Mike Deak reports: A medical practice with offices in East Brunswick and Franklin is notifying past patients that 13 boxes of medical records…

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More details emerge on AZ Board of Education student data breach

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Dissent

More details have emerged on a breach first noted on this site last month. Jim Small of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (AZCIR) reports that the breach occurred after AZCIR filed a public records request for records of appeals filed by students over letter grades issued by the state Board of Education.  On Oct….

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Retailer Forever 21 discloses payment card breach

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Dissent

So far, all I’ve seen is their press release, so it will have to do until we get more details from other sources, but I do wonder what kind of “third party” alerted them to this – was it a third party vendor who had some responsibility for data security or a customer who experienced…

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Social Security numbers of 2,100 Maine foster care participants posted online

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Dissent

J. Craig Anderson reports: The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of roughly 2,100 Mainers who receive foster care benefits were accidentally posted to a public website in September, the Maine Office of Information Technology said Monday. The incident was the responsibility of an employee of a contractor, Knowledge Services, who still has a contract…

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Clinic worker who stole IDs of mentally ill, addicted patients for tax scam denied break on jail term

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Dissent

Matt Miller reports the update to a breach previously noted on this site: A clinic worker who stole the personal information of his mentally-ill and drug-addicted clients for a tax scam can’t evade a 5-year prison term for his crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

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Alabama Resident Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes That Sought $26 Million

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Dissent

This case has been going on for years. You can find previous coverage of it on this site either by searching for individual defendants’ names or searching for “Alabama Department of Corrections.”  From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama on November 9: A Phenix City, Alabama resident was convicted today by a federal…

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