At least eight seniors at the Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital have had their identity stolen by a former intern, the Visalia Police said. Ratoni Brown, 28, of Visalia was a nursing student intern through Sacramento Junior College when she was placed at Kaweah Manor through a private firm. She and Paul Lopez, 48, of Visalia…
Oh look, a dumpster! Let’s throw the papers here…
In Charlotte, North Carolina, a pastor found hundreds of documents with personal information in a dumpster out behind his church. The paperwork included Social Security numbers, bank accounts and credit histories. The documents came from a home improvement company, the Home Solution Pros. Eyewitness News found the business has two office listings. Read more on…
Kaiser Bellflower is fined (another) $187,500 for privacy breach
The Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower has been hit with a $187,500 fine for failing for a second time to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient information, state pubic health officials said today. [Updated at 3 p.m.: A spokesman for the hospital said the fine was part of the ongoing investigation into employees improperly accessing…
Online thieves raid Hong Kong accounts
Hong Kong banks have been ordered to step up online security Relevant Products/Services measures after it emerged that thieves had stolen more than 289,000 Hong Kong dollars (37,000 US dollars) in a series of Internet bank raids, officials confirmed Tuesday. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said the money was stolen in three separate incidents…
Elance Security Breach
Just a quick post with a warning from Elance. I received an email from their customer service folks at an ungodly hour this morning, that states (if I were to paraphrase) that the site has been hacked or attacked in some way. The email covers the basics, but doesn’t include very much detail of exactly…
UCSD cancer center health info breach
Thirty thousand patients at University of California, San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center have been notified of a hack last month that resulted in access to their protected health information. Read more from the Associated Press.