Courtney Perkes reports: La Palma Intercommunity Hospital has notified patients that their medical records and personal information may have been illegally viewed by a former employee. The hospital learned in September 2012 that an employee accessed personal information without permission, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, addresses, birth dates and limited medical information, according…
At least two states investigating data breach involving Court Ventures, an Experian unit
Jim Finkle of Reuters reports: U.S. attorneys general have launched a multi-state investigation into a breach in which criminals gained access to a repository of some 200 million social security numbers through a unit of data provider Experian Plc. “We are investigating,” said Maura Possley, a spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. “It’s part…
TX: DME Owner Convicted on all Counts
A case that included some medical ID theft for health care fraud: HOUSTON – Andrea Michelle Tellison, 47, has been convicted today of 14 counts of health care fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts this afternoon following three days of trial and…
US charges 25 in Fla. in ID theft, tax fraud case
Curt Anderson of Associated Press reports: Twenty-five people accused of using thousands of stolen identities to claim $36 million in fraudulent tax refunds have been arrested in the latest South Florida sweep, federal authorities said Thursday. Among those charged in 19 separate cases is a middle school food service worker who swiped the identities of…
RRRC Rat Resource & Research Center Hacked, Defaced and Data Leaked
Today a hacktivist who uses the handle @G3NTbl4ck has announced a breach on Rat Resource & Research Center. The announcement has been made from twitter and the leaked data first uploaded to MEGA as a 14MB sqlmap log file that contains 8 administrator accounts of which most appear to belong to staff from University of Missouri which…
Data breach lawsuit against LinkedIn whittled down to claimed misrepresentations of “industry standard” security
Lisa Hoffman reports: A putative class action against LinkedIn that follows a computer attack that made public millions of users’ passwords, has been pared down. The case will proceed with a focus on allegations that the professional networking site misrepresented the strength of its security protections. Judge Edward Davila refused on March 28 to dismiss…