From HHS: The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $31,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and agreed to implement a corrective action plan. CCDH is a small, for-profit health care provider with…
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Feds seek 30-year sentence for Russian master hacker convicted in Seattle
Mike Carter reports: In Russian cybercrime mastermind Roman Seleznev, the Department of Justice is boasting it finally caught and convicted a big fish in the often impenetrable world of global computer theft — and now the agency intends to make a lesson of him. Federal prosecutors will ask a Seattle judge Friday to sentence the…
Texas man charged with cyberstalking FBI agent detained without bail
Good Friday turned out not to be a good day for Justin Shafer. The 37 year-old dental IT technician had been arrested on March 31 and charged with cyberstalking an FBI agent and the agent’s family under 18 U.S. Code § 2261A(2)(B). On April 14, he was taken back into custody, this time for violating release conditions. Shafer’s…
Long-sought fugitive admits role in $200M credit card fraud
Jeff Goldman reports: A New York man who had been sought by authorities for nearly four years admitted Tuesday he took part in a scam that defrauded businesses and banks out of more than $200 million. Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream, N.Y., pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton to conspiracy to commit bank…
InterContinental Hotel Chain Breach Expands
Brian Krebs reports: In December 2016, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that fraud experts at various banks were seeing a pattern suggesting a widespread credit card breach across some 5,000 hotels worldwide owned by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). In February, IHG acknowledged a breach but said it appeared to involve only a dozen properties. Now, IHG has released…
Breaking: Voters’ personal data at risk in Cobb theft
Aaron Gould Sheinin reports on yet another breach involving Georgia voters’ information: State officials are investigating the theft last week of equipment from a Cobb County precinct manager’s car that could make every Georgia voters’ personal information vulnerable to theft. The equipment, used to check-in voters at the polls, was stolen Saturday evening, Secretary of…