Caroline O’Doherty reports: SuperValu has resumed its leisure breaks scheme with the company that lost the personal details of more than 60,000 of its customers. The supermarket chain got back into business with Loyaltybuild after what it described as “a long period of consultation, during which Loyaltybuild made a significant investment updating its security features…
Feds: Ex-student stole students’ identities at Virginia Wesleyan College
Tim McGlone reports: A former student employee at Virginia Wesleyan College faces federal charges of accessing a school database of more than 380,000 students and alumni, stealing identities and opening credit card accounts. Katecha R. “Tisha” Thomas, 28, is accused of stealing $11,000 from the credit card accounts, and she tried to get as much…
Norfolk Man And Portsmouth Woman Sentenced In Bank Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – Cameron Allen, 27, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Dymond Chappelle, 19, of Portsmouth, Va., was also sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud….
Travelers must defend business associate in data breach lawsuit
Kira Lerner reports: A Virginia federal judge ruled on Thursday that Travelers Indemnity Co. of America must defend Portal Healthcare Solutions LLC against class allegations that it posted confidential medical records online, finding that the Travelers policy covered electronic publication of private information.U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee granted Portal’s motion for summary judgment and…
Colorado's Kaiser Permanente sent patient letters to wrong parties
Electa Draper reports: Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of Colorado reported Friday it mailed letters meant for one group of patients to the wrong patients on July 24. A mailing from Kaiser’s Population Care and Prevention Services Department was processed incorrectly, with some letters going to the wrong parties, officials said. The letter described a chronic…
Data breach possibly affects more than 500 in N.C.
An Alpharetta, Ga.-based medical company suffered a data breach that may have affected 570 North Carolinians. A subcontractor for 24 ON Physicians PC “inadvertently failed to secure a computer server containing patient account information,” the company said today in a news release. The failure occurred between December and April. The information included invoice numbers, charge…