Bradford Thomas has been sentenced to ten years and one month in prison for using stolen identities of prisoners to file false federal income tax returns that claimed millions of dollars in fraudulent refunds. According to United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, the charges, and other information presented in court: From January 2010 through May…
Telstra fined, warned after new privacy breach
Mitchell Bingemann reports: TELSTRA has been fined $10,200 and warned over privacy breaches after an information leak exposed almost 16,000 of its customers’ private data online. In a joint investigation by the federal Privacy Commissioner and the communications watchdog, Telstra was found to have breached the Privacy Act by exposing online the data of some…
Louisiana lawmakers want to keep a state database of people who have medication-induced abortions
Katie McDonough reports: A Louisiana state lawmaker has filed a measure to keep a state database of people who have had medication abortions, as well as restrict access to surgical abortion through Texas-style regulations aimed to shutter clinics and intimidate physicians. Democratic state Rep. Katrina Jackson’s bill, in addition to keeping a state database of…
GA: Laptop with patient information stolen from Emory clinic
Alexis Stevens reports: A laptop stolen from a vehicle at an Emory Healthcare clinic contained limited information for 826 patients, the university said Monday. On Feb. 7, a car belonging to an employee of the Emory Dialysis Clinic was one of several broken into, according to Vince Dollard, spokesman for the university’s health services. An…
Vermont officials say personal data safe after breach involving Vermont Health Connect
Peter Hirschfield reports: State officials say a newly disclosed security breach involving Vermont Health Connect has not jeopardized the personal data of consumers. But a critic of the new health insurance website isn’t convinced the incident was so benign. And this latest episode promises to spark yet another political dustup over the massive reform initiative….
Statista Says Around 50,000 Users Are Impacted by Data Breach
Eduard Kovacs reports: On Saturday, we learned that statistics company Statista suffered a data breach. The company has responded to my inquiry about the incident and provided additional details. It turns out that roughly 50,000 users are impacted by the data breach. The incident was discovered after spam emails started landing in email addresses that have…