Richard Brooks provides some details on the Loma Linda University Health Care breach in April that we only knew about because it appeared on OCR’s web site this month: A thief has stolen personal information regarding more than 500 surgical patients of Loma Linda University Medical Center, according to hospital officials. A desktop computer containing…
Ie: Opposition rejects need for amendment
Charlie Taylor reports: Opposition parties have rejected Government claims that emergency legislation is needed to get information from the Health Service Executive (HSE) about children who have died in State care. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today, Fine Gael party leader Enda Kenny said that under the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) Amendment…
Lincoln: technology issues exposed customer data since 2002
It was a series of technology issues, dating back to 2002, that Lincoln National Life Insurance and Lincoln Life & Annuity say resulted in the potential exposure of personal information of customers to other clients and their agents. In a letter dated May 17 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, attorneys for Lincoln explain…
Capital One: Who’s in their database?
On May 18, Capital One notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a “fraud ring may have obtained certain customer information.” The personal information included names, addresses, account numbers, Social Security Numbers, and “other sensitive information.” According to the letter to affected individuals from James McFadden, Vice President Chief Privacy Officer, the compromise may…
In aftermath of breach, Principal strengthens its authentication process
In the aftermath of a security breach, Principal Life Insurance strengthened its authentication procedures. On May 14, the Chief Privacy Officer of Principal Financial Group notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that While investigating a few incidents of fraudulent on-line activity, we discovered similar on-line access to other accounts using the same Internet address…
Yet another Veterans Administration breach
What on earth is going on with all these Veterans Administration data breaches? OCR just added another VA breach to its web site, again out of Texas. The description doesn’t match the breaches that Representative Buyer recently talked about in Congress, which were also from facilities in Texas: VA North Texas Health Care System…