I’ve blogged about the Omnicell breach of November 2012 a number of times on this blog as new information emerged about who was affected by the breach. As a quick reminder, a laptop with unencrypted PHI was stolen from an employee’s car. Omnicell is a business associate of numerous hospitals, providing them with medication dispensing/pharmacy…
In which I remind HHS of Einstein's point…
In a HealthcareITNews article on a recent breach, Erin McCann included this eye-catching statement: Out of the more than 80,000 HIPAA breach cases OCR has received since 2003, only 17 of them have resulted in fines thus far. To paraphrase Einstein, HHS might do well to remember that if they keep doing what they’ve always done,…
PA: Waiter skimmed customers’ cards
Amanda Christman reports that a man who waited tables at the Jumbo China Buffet in Hazle Township skimmed customers’ credit and debit card numbers. Read more on CitizensVoice. Probably wasn’t a great idea on his part to skim some police officers’ cards….
SD: Former Citibank employee offered plea deal in ID theft case
The Argus Leader reports: A former Citibank employee accused of stealing customers’ identities has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Terri Jo Huber, 43, of Sioux Falls, was indicted on nine fraud-related counts in August, including bank fraud, identity theft, access device fraud and embezzlement.
Georgia man indicted in inmate identity theft scheme
Associated Press reports that Qadir Shabazz of Atlanta has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he used prisoners’ personal information in a nationwide ID theft scheme involving fraudulent tax returns. Officials say Shabazz and co-conspirators operated a business named “Indigent Inmate” and distributed information to prisoners in facilities across the country. Inmates were…
MMMOOO Hacked & 86,369 User Credentials Leaked
Today a group of hackers going by the name hitlersec have been announcing some breaches and one of the is MMMOOO (https://www.immmooo.com/en/). MMMOOO is a website owned and operated by Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech Co., Ltd, and is a mobile phone application aimed at the Chinese market. MMMOOO.com sites matrix and MMMOOO brand are hosted by…