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Data breach hits San Antonio Symphony employees

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Dissent

At first I thought this might be another W-2 phishing incident, but it reads more like a hack. Davi Hendricks reports: Computer hackers broke into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony this week, stealing the names, birth dates, social security numbers and addresses for about 250 employees, the organization confirmed Tuesday. “This was…

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Criminal record raises more questions about fired DC case worker in patient file breach case

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Dissent

Tisha Lewis has an update on a previously reported incident: FOX 5 is uncovering more about a D.C. case worker who sent confidential patient files to a complete stranger she met on Facebook to lighten her workload. The files included social security numbers and medical records. It turns out this case worker also has a…

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Third-party incidents continue to put patient ePHI at risk: Protenus

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Dissent

Protenus, Inc. has released its Breach Barometer for January. As they report, 2017 is starting out where 2016 left off: we are seeing an average of one breach per day involving health data. Protenus’s report, based on 31 incidents, reported that there were 388,307 breached records for the 26 incidents for which they had numbers. The single largest…

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NSA Contractor Could Face 200 Years in Prison for Massive Breach

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dissent

Elias Groll reports: U.S. prosecutors unveiled an indictment Wednesday detailing what may amount to the largest data breach in the history of the National Security Agency — an archive of classified material that may total more than 500 million pages. The incident is a black eye on the secretive spy agency’s attempt to crack down on…

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Suspect in school employee tax fraud scheme indicted

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dissent

Mitch Sneed reports: Last year more than 100 employees of the Alexander City School System were victimized when their personal information was obtained and used to file fraudulent tax returns. Friday, those employees learned that the person authorities believe is responsible is facing justice. According to a release from the Department of Justice, a federal…

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NY: Special-Needs Teacher From Mount Kisco Sentenced In ID Theft Cases

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dissent

Kathy Reakes reports: A Westchester special-education teacher was sentenced Tuesday to one-and-a-half to three years in prison for stealing the identities of two licensed teachers so she could continue working with special-needs children, officials said. Aimee Stark, 42, of Mount Kisco, also known as Aimee Forman, pleaded guilty in November to the scheme, according to…

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