As I’ve occasionally noted in the past in discussing statistics on medical identity theft, sometimes patients knowingly participate in the crime, usually by lending friends or family members their health insurance information so that others can seek care. Despite the government or other researchers’ justifications, I have argued that we shouldn’t consider such instances cases…
Category: U.S.
Payroll service mistakenly ships packages with W-2 records to wrong address — twice
It’s worrying that once again, criminals are successfully tricking employees into emailing employees’ W-2 data to them. But how about when a company just mails out W-2’s to the wrong address – and not once, but twice? The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Paychex, a payroll service, has twice shipped scores of confidential salary records and other documents to…
MultiCare breach allows access to personal records for 1,200 patients
KING5 News reports: A data breach in November 2016 at MultiCare Health System allowed access to 1,200 patients’ personal records, the non-profit reported Thursday. At this time, Multicare does not believe any patient information was accessed or misused, but patients who were potentially affected will receive a letter from MultiCare by Feb. 6. […] An…
Ransomware makes California nursing school feel ill
Ryan Francis reports: About three months ago, an instructor at Gurnick Academy, a California-based nursing school, had his biggest fear come alive. When he tried to access his lectures, the files were encrypted. The teacher was literally locked out of his classroom. If it wasn’t for a quick acting IT department, the entire school might…
Telemarketing Company Leaks Nearly 400K Consumer Files
MacKeeper’s Security Research Center reports: Researchers from the MacKeeper Security Research Center have made one of the biggest discoveries to date with several hundred thousand files publically available. The files belong to a controversial Florida based marketing company VICI Marketing LLC and include thousands of audio recordings where customers give their names, addresses, phone number,…
NYS A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Acer After Data Breach Exposed More Than 35,000 Credit Card Numbers
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with Acer Service Corporation (“Acer”), a computer manufacturer based in Taiwan, after a data breach of its website exposed over 35,000 credit card numbers. An investigation by the A.G.’s office revealed that sensitive Acer customer information was not protected by Acer for almost…