Dawn Chamberlain, a Delaware tax preparer who was charged in March with stealing clients’ identity information to file false tax returns pleaded guilty on Tuesday. She’ll face a maximum of 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced.
How Germany’s taxman used stolen data to squeeze Switzerland
Edward Taylor, Matthias Inverardi and Mark Hosenball report: In the digital age, pen and paper are useful tools for intrigue. In 2007, Sina Lapour, an assistant to a private banker at Credit Suisse, hand-copied the names of potential tax evaders listed on two of the firm’s internal computer systems. By not downloading information, Lapour avoided…
Update: Sachem school informs students, parents of data breach
An update on the Sachem Central School District breach in New York. Joan Gralla reports: Sachem Central School District is informing thousands of students and parents that some of their data were posted online in a security breach that is being investigated by authorities, the superintendent said. The latest data leak at one of Long…
Anthem Blue Cross of California notifies doctors whose SSN were displayed in a .pdf file online (Update)
Every so often, we come across a breach involving doctors’ Social Security numbers being exposed online because they use their SSN as their Tax Identification Number (TIN). Here’s another one of those case, this time involving Anthem Blue Cross of California: We are sending you this letter to notify you that your Tax Identification Number (“TIN”), along with…
Anthem Blue Cross of California notifies doctors whose SSN were displayed in a .pdf file online
Every so often, we come across a breach involving doctors’ Social Security numbers being exposed online because they use their SSN as their Tax Identification Number (TIN). Here’s another one of those case, this time involving Anthem Blue Cross of California: We are sending you this letter to notify you that your Tax Identification Number…
California physician notifying patients of breach involving old patient data
Here’s another case where a covered entity only learned about a breach when they were contacted by law enforcement. Kathleen E. Whisman, M.D. notified patients on August 5 that on or about April 11, she received a call from the San Ramon Police Department. They informed her that while investigating an ID theft ring,…