The Flowery Branch Police Department is investigating an identity theft case that may stretch across the South and involve an estimated $100,000 in fraudulent credit card use. […] Officers ended up charging Lecresha S. Dudley, 27, of Oakland, Calif., with one count of transaction card fraud, one count of forgery of a transaction card, two…
UK: Laptop with patients' medical records stolen from health centre
Laptop thefts are also everywhere. A laptop containing hundreds of patients’ names and medical details has been stolen from a city health centre. The computer was taken from an office at the Mary Potter Centre in Hyson Green. NHS bosses have now written to the 211 physiotherapy patients affected to apologise after the theft, in…
Ie: Patient information leak at Sligo General
Paper breaches, from small to large, are everywhere. Confidential information on patients at Sligo General Hospital was made public due to staff mistakenly faxing the details to the wrong number. While in a separate incident more details were leaked when a piece of paper with a patients name and hospital number was found outside the…
Most attacks on federal networks financially motivated
Jill R. Aitoro reports: Most malware attacks against federal agencies are financially motivated, seeking to trick computer users into buying fake security software or providing personal information that can be used to hack into their bank accounts. Although espionage and terrorism often are considered the primary motivations for breaking into government networks, 90 percent of…
Doherty Hotel’s database fraudulently accessed; 150 credit cards subject of probe
Cindy Cranmer reports: More than 150 credit card holders who frequented a local business that had its database accessed have seen fraudulent charges appear on their cards in a case that is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, according to authorities. It was determined in the ongoing investigation that the “location that was compromised”…
Your Great Granddaddy Had Syphilis And Now Everyone Knows It
Harley Geiger writes about an issue I’ve discussed on this blog in the past: the privacy of the deceased’s medical records: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wants to remove health information privacy protections from people who have been dead for 50 years. HHS issued a proposed rule to update health privacy regulations,…