For the fourth time in less than three years, a PruittHealth entity has reported an incident to HHS that affected more than 500 patients. This time, it’s PruiittHealth Home – Low Country in South Carolina. From their public notice: Beaufort, South Carolina, April 8, 2016 – PruittHealth Home Health – Low Country, a provider of home health…
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Data breach affecting more than 50,000 reported by Medical Colleagues of Texas
The Houston Chronicle reports: Hackers breached the computer network of a doctors’ group in Katy, potentially accessing upward of 50,000 medical records and personnel files, a lawyer for the practice said Wednesday. “It’s a large number of records,” said Dallas attorney Lindsay Nickle, who represents the group, Medical Colleagues of Texas. Computer forensics experts were…
Southern Michigan Bank & Trust notifies customers of stolen laptop
Elena Hines reports: A Southern Michigan Bank & Trust employee’s vehicle was burglarized and a laptop stolen on April 10. The bank says there is no indication of a data breach, but staff are doing what they can to protect customers. “Once we became aware, we immediately took several steps to protect our clients,” said…
Double whammy: Avention investigating two data breaches involving employee info
Massachusetts-based Avention, formerly known as OneSource Solutions, is investigating two recent data breaches that may, or may not, be the work of the same criminal(s). In a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, their external counsel provides a chronology of events, beginning with reports by some employees on April 19 that their tax returns had been rejected because…
GA: Former IRS Revenue Agent Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft of Taxpayer Information
Creshika C. Wise, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Revenue Agent who impersonated a taxpayer in order to steal over $470,000, has pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated identity theft. According to U.S. Attorney John Horn, the charges and other information presented in court: Creshika Wise worked for the IRS from 2008 until the…
CA: Kern County Superintendent of Schools investigating employee data breach
Justin Burton reports: Employees of Kern Superintendent of Schools have been alerted to a data breach at the organization, 23ABC News has learned. In a note sent to staff members on Monday, Superintendent Christine Lizardi Frazier said the group’s payroll department fell victim to a data phishing scam. A KCSOS spokesman told 23ABC the incident…