Richard Halstead reports: Academy Studios of Novato, which built exhibits for some of the top museums in the world, closed in April after more than 23 years in business. In a related development, an auction house scrambled to gather the company’s paperwork last week after reports that personnel records containing sensitive information on former Academy…
Man charged with running credit data ring containing 1.1M cardholders
Cyrus Farivar reports: The accused leader of a massive international data theft ring was charged in a New Jersey federal court on Wednesday with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. American prosecutors allege that Duy Hai Truong, 23, was the mastermind behind a scheme involving $200 million in fraudulent charges. The Vietnamese citizen was arrested in his home country late last…
Inland Valleys IPA members notified by SynerMed of breach involving their PHI
IT solutions provider SynerMed has been notifying patients whose PHI was on a laptop stolen from an employee’s car. The PHI in question was from members of Inland Valleys IPA. According to their notification letter, the laptop was stolen on the night of April 14 or morning of April 15, while the car was parked…
Sutter Health East Bay Region reports breach after police uncover patient information during investigation
Sutter Health East Bay Region is notifying patients of a breach they first learned about on May 23. According to their letter, a copy of which was provided to the California Attorney General’s Office, on May 23, they were notified by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office that patient information had been discovered as part of an…
HHS updates its breach tool
While I was away, HHS updated its breach tool again. As is often the case, some of their new entries are breaches we knew about already: University of Florida University of Rochester Medical Center & Affiliates Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates PA/E-dreamz Comfort Dental Regional Medical Center Piedmont HealthCare, P.A/E-dreamz Sonoma Valley Hospital Dent Neurologic Group, LLP…
Ah, that pesky human error
Here are some breach reports you won’t see on HHS’s breach tool because they involve only a few patients, but they all involve human error by CareFirst employees who were mailing out information or claims: One insured’s payment receipt with Social Security number was mailed to another individual; One person’s claims information, including medical details was…