WUSA9 reports: A volunteer says laptops with voters’ information was stolen in an early morning break-in at the Davis Elementary voting precinct in Southeast D.C., reports WUSA9 producer Stephanie Wilson. A Board of Elections official said no voter information was compromised, because the laptops have to be connected to the BOE network for anyone to…
TX: Medical documents found in recycling dumpster
Brian Mylar reports: A box full of medical documents containing sensitive personal information from patients that was found in a recycling dumpster sparked a KSAT-12 Defenders investigation. A good Samaritan alerted the Defenders to the dumpster outside a church in Alamo Heights. Inside was a treasure trove of medical documents from the offices of Dr….
ND: Audit: Not making security top concern led to NDUS breach
Tu-Uyen Tran reports that an audit conducted in the wake of NDUS’s breach earlier this year found major problems that went far beyond the few employees who were eventually fired: An email a stranger sent to the North Dakota University System’s computer security officer on the morning of Feb. 7 was the first sign that…
Three women indicted in stolen identity refund fraud ring
Tamaica Hoskins and Roberta Pyatt, of Phenix City, Alabama, and Lashelia Alexander, of Columbus, Georgia, were indicted for their roles in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama…
Ca: Saving Hope actors witnessed rectal exam: Lawsuit
Michele Mandel reports: If the allegations in this lawsuit are true, well…. this is just unconscionable. Medical shows on TV are keen on getting their facts straight and their scenarios realistic. But at least one patient insists that research shouldn’t include letting the actors in to watch you get a rectal exam. That’s what Walter…
Not-so Anonymous: How hackers wreaked havoc in St. Louis
David Hunn has a lengthy piece on how so-called hacktivists and identity thieves disrupted the lives of people who were neither responsible for Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson nor for law enforcement’s response. Here’s how it begins: The first call came on a Thursday, 12 days after Michael Brown was shot. Patti Knowles and her granddaughter…