AP reports: Officials with Florida’s Department of Agriculture say 103 skimmer devices that are used for identity theft have been discovered at more than 7,500 gas stations it inspected. The agency announced its findings Tuesday. The report comes after three months of investigation by inspectors who visited 7,571 stations in a statewide sweep. Read more…
MS: Is Anonymous targeting Hancock County Dept. of Human Services?
Wesley Muller reports: People claiming to be a part of an internationally-known hacker group say they are prepared to launch a cyber attack against the Mississippi Department of Human Services, prompting authorities to closely monitor the situation. Hancock County is included among threats made by the collaborative hacker activist network Anonymous, as the group pushes…
CA: Internist notifying patients following office burglary
A San Pablo internist, Sharon J. Jones, M.D., is notifying patients after burglars stole patient files in both electronic and paper formats. The burglary occurred on March 20, and according to Dr. Jones, “approximately 17 patient charts were stolen along with one desktop computer, two laptops and our server.” The burglary was discovered the next…
Ringleader and Former Bank Teller in Orange County Bank Fraud and Identity-Theft Scheme Re-Arrested
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the re-arrest of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee and former bank teller Nadia Figueroa on a 50-count indictment in Orange County Supreme Court. The defendants, who are charged with running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), both pleaded guilty earlier…
NY: Jacobi Medical Center notifies 90,060 patients after employee emailed PHI to her personal account and new email address at another employer
Jacobi Medical Center, part of the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation, issued this statement on April 28: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) this week began to notify about 90,000 HHC patients about the possible disclosure of some of their protected health information (PHI) that may have occurred when a…
House OGR questions FTC’s Ramirez about standards for data security
In a hearing yesterday, Rep. Darrell Issa of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform questioned FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez about standards for data security enforcement. And although I often disagree with Rep. Issa, I do agree that entities need to know what they need to do to have safe harbor from an FTC enforcement…