From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A company director has been fined after illegally accessing one of Everything Everywhere’s (EE) customer databases. Matthew Devlin, 25, from Halifax, Yorkshire, used details of when customers were due a mobile phone upgrade to target them with services offered by his own telecoms companies. He had impersonated a member of…
UK: Employee at Bradford-based Morrisons faces fraud charge over staff data theft
There’s an update to a breach reported earlier this year. Telegraph & Argus reports: A Morrisons employee has been charged with fraud after an investigation into the theft of payroll data from the supermarket firm relating to thousands of members of staff. Andrew Skelton has also been charged with an offence under the Computer Misuse Act and…
Over 60,000 Tennessee employees notified of Onsite Health Diagnostics hack
The entities affected by the hack of Onsite Health Diagnostics continue to dribble out. In today’s installment, we learn that the State of Tennessee‘s State Insurance Plan, Local Government Insurance Plan, and Local Education Insurance Plan members were affected by the hack of the state’s wellness vendor’s subcontractor. The incident was added to HHS’s breach tool…
Second Emdeon client reports breach to HHS
Back in September, I noted an addition to HHS’s breach tool this way: St John’s Episcopal Hospital in New York reported that its business associate, Emdeon, was involved in a breach that affected 566 patients. The date of the breach is listed as July 24, 2012. I hope that’s a typo, but in the absence of information…….
In Illinois– Identity Thieves Have an Ally
Like too many consumers, reporter Evelyn Wilkerson seems to have been living under a rock: Sometimes in journalism, a story appears right in front of you. That’s what happened with Eyewitness news Morning Anchor, Evelyn Wilkerson — when a family friend became a victim of identity theft after having a stroke. So, she dug into…
Ca: Patient information found scattered on Toronto street
Marianne Dimain reports: Ontario’s acting privacy commissioner is concerned after documents containing personal patient information were recently found scattered across a Toronto neighbourhood. Dozens of papers with patient names, addresses, phone numbers and social insurance numbers were found near Leslie Street and Sheppard Avenue on Saturday, not far from North York General Hospital. Hospital staff…