AP reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska said Thursday that it mistakenly disclosed personal dental claims information in statements to more than 1,800 customers. The company said a printing error caused some dental explanation of benefits forms to be sent to the wrong customers. The forms reveal treatment and services that the insurer paid…
UK: JD Wetherspoons discloses breach impacting 656,723 customers
Andrew Griffin reports: Wetherspoon’s has been hacked, potentially putting hundreds of thousands of its customers’ information at risk. The pub company said that 650,000 people might have had their personal details leaked, and that the card details of 100 people had been compromised. […] The stolen personal details of the 650,000 people includes the customer’s…
FL: LabCorp employee accused of stealing patient information for credit card fraud
AFTV reports: A Lake County woman used her job drawing blood for lab tests to steal patients’ identities, open up credit cards and go on shopping sprees, investigators said. Channel 9 found out Kadesa Sayles lost her job at LabCorp. “She had access to confidential information, which included Social Security numbers, as well as credit card numbers,”…
The Barbados Advocate defaced by “Muslim Electronic Army”
Nation News reports that The Barbados Advocate’s web site was defaced. Visitors to the site were reportedly greeted with a pop-up message from the “Muslim Electronic Army.” Then in a profanity-laced note, the hackers urged the newspaper to secure the site while singling out the police and government. They said the next target would be www.gov.bb, government’s…
Court: Breaking Your Employer’s Computer Policy Isn’t a Crime
Jamie Williams writes: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion rejecting the government’s attempt to hold an employee criminally liable under the federal hacking statute—the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”)—for violating his employer-imposed computer use restrictions. The decision is important because it ensures that employers and website owners don’t have the power…
No backsies: Man convicted of Flowers Hospital ID theft loses appeal
Lance Griffin reports the latest in the case of a Flowers Hospital employee who was convicted of stealing patient information for a tax refund fraud scheme. The breach, which was first disclosed last year, has resulted in a lawsuit against the hospital and its parent company, as well as an interesting prosecution in which the…