A spokesperson for Humber River Hospital has confirmed that Mayor Rob Ford’s medical records were inappropriately accessed there, too. Read more on Toronto Star.
Update: Jersey City doctor's office where medical records were stolen is empty
There’s an update to a case involving the theft of 40,000 patients’ records from a Jersey City physician’s shed. Sudip Bhattacharya reports: The Jersey City doctor’s office where thousands of medical records were recently stolen was completely empty this afternoon and appears to be in the midst of a renovation. The first floor of Dr….
After JPMorgan Chase Breach, Push to Close Wall St. Security Gaps
Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Matthew Goldstein report: This summer’s huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase and a dozen other financial institutions is accelerating efforts by federal and state authorities to push banks and brokerage firms to close some gaping holes in their defenses. Top officials at the Treasury Department are discussing the need to bolster fortifications around a critical area of cybersecurity:…
Private Investigator And Former NYPD Officer Arrested In Bribery Scheme To Obtain Reports From Federal Law Enforcement Database
Press release issued today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City…
Leader of Team Digi7al sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Oklahoma: Daniel Trenton Krueger, one of two leaders of the computer hacking group known as Team Digi7al, was sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison for hacking the U.S. Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and over 50 public and private computer systems, U.S. Attorney Danny C….
FL: Hollywood Man Sentenced To Over 12 Years For Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Case Involving Theft Of Over 5,000 Identities
There’s a follow-up to a case previously noted on DataBreaches.net, and it appears to be yet another case of an insider breach to fuel a tax refund fraud scheme in Florida, but we still don’t know the name of the company or covered entity from whom the identity information was stolen. Nor do we know whether…