Tim O’Coin reports: Women & Infants Hospital says tapes of ultrasound images and patients’ personal information are missing. According to a post on its website, the hospital discovered back in September that backup ultrasound tapes at Ambulatory Sites in Providence and New Bedford had disappeared. The hospital said the tapes also contained patients’ names, dates…
The FTC Fires Back Against Wyndham
I continue to look for coverage of the FTC lawsuit against Wyndham, a topic I’ve covered in a number of blog posts. I’m glad to see that my uploading some of the court documents may have encouraged or facilitated discussion. Adam M. Veness of Mintz Levin discusses the FTC’s response to Wyndham’s motion to dismiss:…
AU: Website glitch exposes Dodo customer details
Ben Grubb reports: A security flaw exposed up to 500 Dodo Power & Gas customer statements on its website on Friday. Details included customer names, addresses, power usage details and account numbers. The flaw was revealed when a Dodo customer contacted Fairfax to say she was able to change the randomly generated eight-digit number of…
Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty in ID Theft and Tax Refund Fraud Schemes
Antoinette Djonret pleaded guilty on October 31 in two cases: one involving the filing of more than a million dollars worth of false tax returns using stolen identities and the other case involving the filing of false tax returns for clients, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On Aug. 9, 2012,…
GA: Stolen credit card numbers linked to Somewhere in Augusta customers
Bianca Cain Johnson reports: Richmond County investigators are looking into reports of credit card numbers being stolen from Somewhere in Augusta. Investigator Joshua Faison said a bank notified the sheriff’s office that several customers complained of fraudulent transactions and had used their cards at the Washington Road bar and restaurant. Faison said it does not…
60,000+ accounts leaked from hacked sites under #5Nov
The #5Nov tag has been very busy today on social media and one aspect of it has been all the defacement’s and now leaks. A hacker using the handle @m4rl4_12 has made two separate announcements that they have breached and leaked a large amount of accounts from sites. The first sites that got effected are Michael Geiss Onlineshop…