Kenol Augustin, 36, of Miami, was convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b). Sentencing is scheduled for January 15, 2015. At sentencing, Augustin faces up to five years in prison. According to court documents and evidence presented…
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Cytta Reports Online Hacking of their Nevada Secretary of State Officer and Director Data
Cytta Corp. (OTCQB: CYCA) wishes to report that it was the victim of an online hacking incident on October 30th, 2014 in that, unauthorized person or persons accessed the Nevada Secretary of State Corporate filing system known as “Silverflume” and surreptitiously altered the Officer and Director information contained therein. This Corporate information is the backbone of numerous very important systems including banking, regulatory and reporting throughout the US. The unauthorized person or…
AU: MyGov health records breached in site flaw
AAP and Leon Spencer report: Two data breach notifications were received by the Australian Information Commissioner last financial year in regards to the government-administrated online health system. The first allowed healthcare providers to view the personal health notes of consumers following a flawed technical change to the eHealth system, according to the commissioner’s annual report….
Mecklenburg Co. Social Worker Pleads Guilty In Connection With Medicaid Fraud Scheme
A social worker with the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services (DSS) appeared in federal court Thursday and pleaded guilty to federal charges for her role in a healthcare fraud scheme involving the stolen identities of clients enrolled with the Medicaid program. Ieshia Hicks Watkins, 33, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S….
Ebola and Privacy: Snooping, Confidentiality, and HIPAA
Daniel Solove writes: One of the things that struck me about the Ebola cases at Dallas Presbyterian Hospital was that all of the Ebola victims were named almost immediately. How could this happen? In all the swirling news coverage, I was struck by the fact that few were asking the question: Why were all of…
Tenet agrees to pay $32.5 million to settle 17 year-old privacy breach class-action lawsuit
There’s been a settlement in a breach-related lawsuit that many of us probably never heard of as the breach was more than 17 years ago. Jim Mustian reports: A hospital chain has agreed to pay up to $32.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 1997 after stacks of medical records sat unattended for…