From the staff of Tri-City Herald: Kadlec Regional Medical Center officials announced today that patients are being notified that one of the hospital’s computer servers containing brain scan and other patient studies was hacked in September. Files housed on the server included information including a patient’s name, birth date, age, gender, medical record number and…
Seacoast Radiology Computer Server Breached – 231,400 Patients Notified
From a Seacoast Radiology press release: Seacoast Radiology, PA discovered on November 12, 2010 that an office server containing personal patient data and billing information was accessed by an unauthorized third party. Access to this server was disabled immediately and an independent investigation concluded that unauthorized use of patient and billing data is unlikely. All patients…
“Ugg Got Hacked: Sheepskin Boot Security Compromised Worldwide”
Well, no, that’s the headline on Racked, but what happened is the SilverPop breach we heard so much about last month. Racked has uploaded an image of UGG Australia’s notification to its customers, which names SilverPop and notes that customer information in the database included names, email addresses, and geographic information (city, country, zip code)….
Hacked Laptops Lead Banks to Warn of Data Breaches
Robert McMillan identifies problems banks face in incidents such as two previously covered on this blog – a Sovereign Bank incident and a PenFed incident: …. According to experts, Sovereign’s decision to investigate the situation and then notify customers is probably more cautious than most. The problem is that it’s often unclear whether hackers were…
(update) ID Thefts On The Rise In Butte
Stephanie Barish of NBC provides an update on an as yet unexplained rash of card fraud in Butte, Montana: Swipe and beware. The number of identity thefts in Butte are on the rise. In fact, a staggering 175 people are now part of the scam. “We are cooperating with the Secret Service in investigating the…
GBI investigates police data theft
Jim Wallace reports for WALB in Georgia: A Dougherty County Sheriff’s deputy is accused of stealing the identity of an inmate. Sheriff Kevin Sproul says there could be more people involved in the crime and possibly more victims. The GBI [Georgia Bureau of Investigation] continues to investigate. Dougherty County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Tharpe, a nearly…