In July, I noted that NYU Langone Medical Center had notified 8,400 patients of a stolen computer containing their protected health information. At the time, I wasn’t aware that they had also reported a breach in June involving a stolen laptop containing protected health information. Today I stumbled across a copy of their notice on their…
NJ: Medical worker stole patient identities, committed credit card fraud – prosecutor
James Kleimann reports: A medical records coordinator at Cogent Healthcare in Hackensack stole the identities of multiple patients and used them to commit credit card fraud in late 2012, Bergen County prosecutors said Thursday. Latoyha S. Sapp, 37, of Wayne was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after prosecutors charged her…
IE: Dirty tricks at centre of credit union snooping
Niall O’Connor reports on a major case of social engineering: Sensitive personal data, including addresses and job details, was handed over by the Department of Social Protection after just one phone call from private investigators pretending to be State officials. The underhand tactics used to extract confidential information from a leading State agency is revealed…
Prosecutors: Accused Russian hacker jailed here had 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers when arrested
SEATTLE — A federal magistrate, citing a possible flight risk, on Friday ordered accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev held without bail pending his October trial on charges. […] During the hearing, prosecutors revealed that a laptop computer seized from Seleznev at the time of his arrest contains 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers. Seleznev, also…
Ohio hospital responds after privacy breach allegations
Natalie Tendall When you go to the hospital you expect your private health information to be kept private. But 2 NEWS Investigates uncovered a lawsuit by two local women that alleges they repeatedly had the privacy of their health information violated by employees at Kettering Health Network, also known as Kettering Adventist Healthcare. Read more…
Ca: Trial for Nurse Accused in Privacy Breach will Continue in September
VOCM reports: The trial for a nurse accused of breaching patient privacy regulations will continue in September. Colleen Stamp, charged under her former surname Weeks, was once employed by Eastern Health as a triage nurse in the Health Sciences Emergency Department. Stamp was fired in 2012 after being accused of illegally accessing patients’ records. Today…