Here’s the latest on a case I’ve been following since it was first disclosed in February 2009. The Lake Elsinore – Wildomar Patch reports: A former doctor with a felony record for multiple acts of identity theft and forgery stemming from an addiction to painkillers was sentenced today to five years behind bars for violating…
CabinCr3w member sentenced to 27 months in prison (updated)
Steven Kreytak reports that a Galveston man was sentenced by a federal judge to 27 months in federal prison for hacking into computers of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Houston County, Alabama and the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association. Higinio O. Ochoa III, who pleaded guilty in…
Court Dismisses Minnesota AG's HIPAA Enforcement Action Against Business Associate Following Settlement
Rachel Grunberger and Dena Feldman write: Earlier this month, the federal district court in Minnesota dismissed a lawsuit brought earlier this year by the Minnesota Attorney General (AG) against Accretive Health, Inc., a business associate of hospitals, after the parties reached a settlement. In the lawsuit, which we previously discussed here, the Minnesota AG alleged that the company…
Another kind of extortion: get a lobotomy or I'll tell your family
This is unusual. A former employee out to embarrass her employer, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, allegedly sent letters to patients who had received electroshock therapy to tell them that the therapy had failed and that they should get frontal lobotomies. And according to a report by Rummana Hussain of the Chicago Sun-Times, some of the letters included…
Ca: Lawsuit filed against Central Health
The same attorney who has filed lawsuits against Western Health Authority and Eastern Health Authority over their recent privacy breaches has now sued Central Health Authority, too. CBC reports: Shawna Thompson says her ex-husband’s wife inappropriately accessed her medical records, including lab test results and other confidential information that had been held at Central Health….
DSW Shoe Warehouse wins dispute with Chartis unit over data theft coverage
Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appellate court ruled Thursday that shoe retailer DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc. was entitled to insurance coverage of more than $6.8 million in stipulated losses and prejudgment interest from a Chartis Inc. unit in connection with a 2005 computer breach. In an incident widely reported at the time, DSW, a subsidiary…