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Hard drive with medical information on 2,200 LSU Health patients stolen

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Dissent

Chad Calder reports: A hard drive containing the personal information of 2,200 LSU Health New Orleans patients was stolen in March, and while police quickly made an arrest, the hard drive has not been recovered, the LSU Healthcare Network said Friday. The network said the theft occurred in the Department of Neurology Research on or…

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Illinois Elections Board Offers More Information on Hacking Incident

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Dissent

Illinois Public Radio reports: The State Board of Elections says hackers gained access to the information of 80-thousand Illinois voters — including their social security numbers and driver’s licenses. Elections officials say hackers had access to Illinois’ system for nearly three weeks before they were detected. They did get access to personal information, but officials…

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TheDarkOverlord dumps 180,000 patients’ records from 3 hacks

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Dissent

While thousands of their followers on Twitter seem to be eagerly waiting for TheDarkOverlord (TDO) to dump more tv films or episodes of popular series, TDO went non-fiction this morning, dumping patient/medical records from some of their hacks in the healthcare sector last year.  All told, almost 180,000 patients had their personal information shared with the world. Two of…

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Hundreds of thousands of kids have identity info hacked from pediatricians’ offices

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Dissent

As Robert Lord of Protenus explains in the May issue of Compliance Today, pediatric patient data continues to remain not only vulnerable to criminals, but also quite valuable to them, in part because the medical records of these young patients provide criminals a blank slate upon which they can build a false identity. This—combined with the fact…

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Authorities just learn of 2013 breach of Fitchburg city records that released Social Security numbers of 1,800 state residents

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Dissent

Elizabeth Dobbins reports: City officials discovered last month the Social Security numbers of 1,800 state residents were released in a breach of city records three and a half years ago, according to a report filed with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. “There was an unauthorized access of information that was held…

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CVS pharmacy tech charged with 20 counts of identity theft

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Dissent

From Boston 25: A 22-year-old pharmacy technician faces numerous counts of identity theft after he was accused of stealing credit card information from customers at a Nashua CVS. Police say Bounhange Tang, 22, took photos of credit cards from 20 different customers at the pharmacy on Daniel Webster Highway and then looked up the customers’…

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