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NC health department exposed patient information in email

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Dissent

Lynn Bonner reports: The state Department of Health and Human Services sent private patient information to adult care homes by unencrypted email last year. The security lapse involved 12,731 Medicaid patients living in adult care homes. On Nov. 30, an employee sent an unencrypted email that included patient names, Medicaid numbers, and the homes where…

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Niagara-Wheatfield School District warning of possible credit card fraud

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Dissent

Mia Summerson reports: Officials with the Niagara-Wheatfield School District are warning of a possible link between a recently used ticket sales platform and credit card fraud. Several people who purchased tickets online to attend Edward Town Middle School’s production of “The Lion King” are now reporting that they have become victims of credit card fraud….

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ME: Belfast Police Warn of Security Breach at Credit Union

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Dissent

John Krinjak reports: Customers of Downeast Credit Union in Belfast are being urged to check their accounts, after more than two dozen people reported hundreds of dollars were stolen from their accounts. Complaints were called in to police Saturday that their accounts were compromised & funds were missing… According to police, someone installed a skimming…

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Security lapse exposed New York airport’s critical servers for a year

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse at a New York international airport left its server backups exposed on the open internet for almost a year, ZDNet has found. The internet-connected storage drive contained several backup images of servers used by Stewart International Airport, but neither the backup drive nor the disk images were password protected, allowing…

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A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrest Of Brooklyn Medical Supply Company Owner For Allegedly Defrauding Medicaid

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dissent

NEW YORK—Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest of Kester Atumonyogo, 43, of Valley Stream, N.Y., and his company Monack Medical Supply, Inc. (“Monack”) for allegedly stealing over $1.5 million from Medicaid and Healthfirst, a Medicaid managed care organization. The defendants are accused of using a false Social Security number to enroll Monack…

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Chicago Public Schools exposed confidential student information – again!

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dissent

Lauren FitzPatrick reports: Confidential information about Chicago Public Schools students — including medical conditions and dates of birth — was kept on unsecured web documents that anyone could call up despite laws and CPS rules that are supposed to safeguard children’s privacy. Some of the personal, identifiable information involved requests for certain ongoing nursing services…

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