Philip Franchine reports that when a hospital employee uploaded a picture of her workstation to her Facebook page, she did not realize that a patient’s personal information – including her Social Security number – was visible on the screen of her computer. The photo wasn’t up for long, but the patient reports that she has…
Hospice of Chesapeake notifies patients after employee emailed work home and someone may have gained access
Sara Blumberg reports: In the days after learning the Hospice of the Chesapeake patients’ personal information might have been compromised, President Michael McHale said the nonprofit shifted to emergency mode. “We shut down our system right away,” he said. Officials from the Pasadena-based hospice feared an outside party had infiltrated its computer network. Instead, a…
Police find hidden video cameras on LIRR ticket machines
Alfonso A. Castillo reports: Police are investigating an apparent credit and debit card scam involving tiny video cameras hidden on Long Island Rail Road ticket vending machines. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department first learned of the scam after a customer found one of the small video cameras on the floor — having apparently fallen…
Vietnamese national charged; allegedly acquired or sold PII on 500,000 people in carder forums
A Vietnamese national has been indicted in the District of New Hampshire for allegedly participating in an international scheme to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of Americans’ personally identifiable information through various underground websites that he operated. Hieu Minh Ngo, 24, a Vietnamese national, was charged in a 15-count indictment filed under seal in…
Two NBC Sports laptops stolen from unattended car
If you follow me on Twitter and thought I was mad at NBC Sports over their coverage of Formula One (F1) racing, that may pale in comparison to how some others may be feeling this week after they’ve received a breach notification letter from NBC Sports. It seems that two of NBC Sports’ laptops were…
We don’t store credit card data…. oh wait, we are storing it?
A firm can have a great policy of not storing credit card numbers, but if the policy isn’t followed by staff, trouble can result. eReplacementParts.com learned this lesson the hard way. They discovered that despite their non-storage policy, credit card information of some customers had been stored. In some cases, the storage was due to…