Roberta Dunsworth, 53, a resident of Espanola, New Mexico, was sentenced this week in federal court to a 24-month term of imprisonment to be followed by one year of supervised release for her aggravated identity fraud conviction. As a condition of her supervised release, Dunsworth must perform 100 hours of community service. She also was…
Ie: Firm possibly lost 50,000 clients’ data
Una McCaffrey reports: Phoenix Ireland, a life and pensions company, has admitted it may have lost the personal details of about 50,000 current and former customers. The possible data loss also affects a small number of people who contacted the company, formerly Scottish Provident Ireland, but did not take out a policy. In letters sent…
Gaffe reveals civil servants’ exit plans
Ian Swanson reports: The Scottish Government has issued an apology after it inadvertently revealed the identities of more than 100 civil servants negotiating severance packages for themselves. An e-mail sent to employees to update them on the government’s early retirement and voluntary severance process displayed the e-mail addresses of all their colleagues who were receiving…
Hampton woman charged with identity theft to get treatment & Oxycodone-type pills at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville
Another case involving medical identity theft. Frank Mustac reports: A Grand Jury indicted a 32-year-old Hampton woman on charges connected with using the name and Social Security number of someone else to get treatment at Somerset Medical Center and to obtain Percocet pills, an Oxycodone-type medication, the Somerset County Prosecutor Office announced yesterday. Read more…
Patient data stolen from Philadelphia’s Family Planning Council
Robert Moran reports: The Family Planning Council in Philadelphia made public Friday that a computer storage device containing the personal and medical records of about 70,000 patients was stolen in December and remains missing. The theft was blamed on a former worker whose employment ended Dec. 28, the day the theft was discovered and reported…
AU: Govt loses credit card details in attack
Darren Pauli reports: More than 600 corporate credit cards owned by top Federal Government agencies from the Department of Defence to the Australian Federal Police have been exposed in a suspected espionage attack on a Sydney firm. ZDNet Australia has obtained an document that contains 629 valid credit card numbers along with expiry dates, organisation…