A newly announced settlement between HHS OCR and Care New England reinforces what DataBreaches.net and Protenus, Inc. have been trying to remind everyone of this week: pay more attention to your business associate agreements and do so regularly. Care New England Health System (CNE), on behalf of each of the covered entities under its common ownership…
Category: U.S.
Romanian National Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Role In Computer Hacking Scheme
Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu first came to this site’s attention in 2010, but he really made headlines when he was extradited to New Jersey in March, 2015 on a slew of hacking-related charges. As alleged in the DOJ’s statement at the time: From August 2011 through February 2014, Ispasoiu was employed as computer systems administrator at a large financial institution in…
CT: Hospital Patients Caught in Identity Theft Ring
NBC reports: Federal investigators say two women orchestrated an identity theft ring that targeted at least 20 people in the greater New Haven area. But it’s how suspects Jamila Williams-Stevenson and Loretta Coburn are said to have gotten some of their victim’s personal information that is most shocking. Authorities said several of the alleged victims…
UC San Diego School of Medicine notifying trainees whose SSNs were exposed on the Internet
The UC San Diego School of Medicine is notifying people whose personal information was accidentally exposed on the Internet: (UCSD SOM) became aware of the exposure on September 7, and took immediate steps to secure it. They do not indicate how they first became aware of it. Nor do they indicate for how long the file…
Napa Valley Dentistry notifies patients after theft of server from storage facility
A dental practice that purchased another dentist’s practice in 2012 finds itself having to notify their patients and his former patients after the theft of a server from a storage facility. In a letter to their patients and those of Dr. Justin Quinn, Dr. Justin Newberry of Napa Valley Dentistry states that on August 11, they discovered that a password-protected…
Kosovo Hacker Who Aided Islamic State to Be Sentenced in US to 20 Years (Updated)
Update: Ferizi has been sentenced to 20 years, Reuter reports. I’ll upload DOJ’s press release when it’s available. Original report: AP reports that Ardit Ferizi, also known as “Th3Dir3ctorY,” is scheduled to be sentenced today. Ferizi had pleaded guilty in June to assisting the Islamic State, and is the first person convicted of both hacking and terrorism charges. Ferizi hacked…