This is a follow-up to a case previously reported on this blog but adds more details about the number of victims and crime. A former employee with the Los Angeles County Department of Social Services pleaded guilty this past week to federal charges and admitted that he filed federal tax returns in the names of…
(update) NC: U.B.E. breach victims total continues to climb
Jackie Drake reports: Greenville Police are handling at least 100 complaints so far from East Carolina University students who say they lost money after their accounts were compromised in a recent security breach at the University Book Exchange. The breach is believed to have occurred between Jan. 5 and Jan. 25 and the case is…
Bank of America website exposes customer accounts, data
Ray Wert reports on Jalopnik that Bank of America’s online banking system experienced a security breach or glitch that enabled logged in users to see other people’s accounts: Someone very close to me called moments ago and told me that when she logged into her Bank of America account earlier this evening she saw, rather…
Texas state senator proposed bill to strengthen medical privacy
Seen at the Texas Insider: Texas State Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, today filed Senate Bill 622 to strengthen the protection of Texans’ personal health information. […] Key provisions of SB 622 would: prohibit the sale of protected health information; increase criminal penalties for theft of medical records, breach of computer security, and health care…
UK: Consultant faces misconduct hearing over patient records 'thrown away'
Tristan Kirk reports: A consultant at a private Enfield hospital is facing disciplinary proceedings after patient records were allegedly thrown away by cleaners. Physiotherapist Shaun Murphy is accusing of storing three boxes of patient records under his desk in February and March 2009 while working for The King’s Oak and Cavell Hospitals. Mr Murphy discovered…
HHC Press release on backup tapes stolen from GRM van
The following statement was issued by Health and Hospital Corporation yesterday concerning a breach reported on this blog earlier today: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) this week began to notify nearly 1.7 million patients and hospital staff, as well as the employees of vendors, contractors, and others – who were all…