Dustin Blitchok reports on another insider breach at a HIPAA-covered entity: Eleven suspects were indicted on multiple identity theft-related charges Tuesday by the Detroit district attorney’s office in a case that accuses them of stealing the personal information of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers and using it to apply for credit and purchase merchandise in…
CA: Bistro Burger discloses payment card breach at Mission Street location
California-based Bistro Burger is notifying customers of a payment card breach via notices on their web site and legal notices in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Copies of the notices have been submitted to the California Attorney General’s web site. The breach reportedly affects one of their four locations. Legal Notices:…
Watch out at the gas pumps in Florida!
Florida officials are warning consumers that skimmers are becoming more common on gas pumps.
FL: Computer hack at Orange Park City hall last month nearly cost $500,000
Jim Schoettler reports that employees falling for a phishing scheme nearly cost the town almost $500,000: A cyber hack last month at Orange Park City Hall cleared nearly $500,000 from the city’s bank account, but the theft was caught in time for a wire transfer to be reversed and security measures have been installed to…
TX: Nassau Bay nurse accused of stealing hospital employees’ information
Anoushah Rasta reports: A Houston-area nurse has been arrested and charged with credit card abuse for allegedly stealing personal information and using it to open credit cards in other people’s names. Toni McGragh Terry, 44 is accused of stealing the personal information of hospital employees and possibly of patients. Police would not reveal the name…
Ca: Privacy officer accused of trying to block investigation into hospital breach
Olivia Carville reports: A privacy analyst at Trillium Health Centre is being investigated by Ontario’s privacy commissioner and his own hospital over allegations he tried to block an investigation by the provincial watchdog into a privacy breach. Earlier this year, Trillium Health Centre mistakenly mailed a patient medical record to a wellness clinic in Halton…