As the administrative hearing in FTC v. LabMD gets closer to resuming, there have been two developments to note. The first is that LabMD has moved to disqualify Commissioner Edith Ramirez, alleging that she has been “irrevocably tainted and compromised” by her involvement in the FTC’s response to the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of Tiversa. I do not…
And then there were four five (Ascension Health entities breached)
Now that I know what I’m looking for, I’m finding more evidence of targeted email attacks affecting members of Ascension Health. For previous reports on this incident, read here and here. On March 16, Sacred Heart Health System in Florida posted this notice on their site about a breach they reported to HHS as affecting…
And then there were three (Ascension Health entities breached)
Now can I say, “I told you so?” When Ascension Health wouldn’t answer my question as to whether there were other members who had also had a phishing incident recently other than the two hospitals I had already reported on, I was even more suspicious. Then this afternoon, I discovered that St. Agnes Health Care,…
MASSIVE FAIL: Indian gov DOXXES net neutrality campaigners; Gets DDoSed by @opindia_revenge in response.
Alexander J. Martin reports: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has dumped more than a million Indian netizens’ traceable personal details online, after it decided to publish, in full, the emails it received as part of its consultation paper about net neutrality. Obviously deeply convinced by last week’s arguments for transparency in internet governance, the Telecom Regulatory…
California Ex-Con Pleads Guilty of $220,000 Income Tax ID Theft Fraud
Cathy Locke reports that Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, a former inmate of the California Correctional Center in Susanville, has pleaded guilty to obtaining the personal information of other inmates to enable others to obtain fraudulent tax refunds. Read more on CPA Practice Advisor. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office does not clearly indicate whether the…
IL: Former Miami-Dade prison guard sentenced to 3 years for stolen identity refund fraud using inmates’ information
A former Miami Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison guard was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Norgle for his role in a scheme involving theft of prison inmates’ identities which were used to file false tax returns. Cornelius Crumity pleaded guilty in May, 2014 to one…