Chad Selweski has an update on a breach reported on PHIprivacy.net in October: County officials and contractors continue pointing fingers over a massive security breach in September that opened the door to identify theft by inadvertently exposing the Social Security numbers and dates of birth of more than 6,000 Macomb County employees and their dependents on…
California Highway Patrol notifies drivers of missing collision investigation reports
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is notifying some drivers that collision investigation reports with their personal information was lost when a box containing the reports was damaged at a USPS facility. The box had been shipped on October 3 to Sacramento, and CHP learned of the problem on October 11. In a letter dated October…
Manitoba says former employee inappropriately accessed personal health info
CTV Winnipeg reports: Manitoba’s health, healthy living and seniors ministry [Manitoba Healthy Living and Seniors] is dealing with a security breach. After receiving a complaint from an outside agency, it found a former employee had inappropriately accessed the personal health information of at least 13 people. Read more on CTV Winnipeg.
Rex Mundi surfaces with new hack claims (UPDATE2)
It looks like hacking group Rex Mundi may be back. And they seem to be dumping all of the Domino’s data they claimed to have hacked back in June, plus data allegedly from hacks of Thomas Cook Belgium, Finalease Car Credit, and Mensura. In a paste describing their activities, they write that they stole “personal records belonging…
Citizens Bank Manager Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Identify Theft Scheme
Paige McAtee reports: A Stoneham bank supervisor was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on Monday for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he opened bank accounts to receive fraudulent proceeds. Carlos Mauricio Gonzalez, 30, of Revere, opened business and personal bank accounts that were to receive proceeds from…
Seattle Public Schools fires law firm after their failure to redact exposed thousands of students’ records (Updated)
Heather Graf reports that Seattle Public Schools has notified parents of approximately 8,000 students of a breach involving their records. Most of the students involved are special education students. According to King5 News, the notification states, in part: “Late Tuesday night Seattle Public Schools learned that a law firm retained by the district to handle…