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
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…
Medical records stolen from Roger Williams Medical Center
Susan Campbell reports: Medical records and other personal information for dozens of patients were stolen from Roger Williams Medical Center, Eyewitness News has learned. An individual broke into the registration area of the hospital on Sept. 13, 2017, and stole paperwork including the medical information of more than 60 patients, according to Otis Brown, vice…
Equifax spends $87.5 million on data breach, more expenses on deck
Larry Dignan reports: Equifax spent $87.5 million in the third quarter on its recent data breach. The disclosure, which came amid an earnings report that showed revenue growth of 4 percent to $834.8 million and net income of $96.3 million. In other words, the data breach affecting 145 million Equifax customers dented the cash cow,…
Cook County Health and Hospitals System Patients Impacted by Experian Health Breach
HIPAA Journal reports: Cook County Health and Hospitals System, a health system comprising two hospitals and more than a dozen community health centers in Cook County Illinois, has alerted patients to a breach of their protected health information. The breach occurred at Experian Health, a business associate of Cook County Health and Hospitals System. Experian…
Security flaw may have exposed personal info on 21,000 Utah Express Pass users
Oops? Art Raymond reports: A vigilant UDOT Express Pass customer discovered a glaring security breach in the third-party website that manages pass accounts, but state officials don’t yet know if the personal information of approximately 21,000 current and former customers has been compromised. That information on customers who have purchased passes for accessing HOV lanes…