This week, UnitedHealth Group announced that it will issue by the end of 2009 nearly 25 million machine-readable patient identification cards, Modern Healthcare reports. The patient ID cards will provide patient benefit-eligibility information, access to patients’ personal health records and real-time claim adjudication. The cards will comply with national standards established by the federal Workgroup…
WI: DOC Electric employees’ personal data auctioned off
The Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection has posted notice of a breach that occurred on January 15, 2009 when DOC Electric assets were auctioned off by M&I Bank and a local auction house. Apparently the computers and file cabinets contained personal information on DOC Electric employees who were employed from the start of the business…
Kohl’s Cashier Accused Of Customer Credit Card Fraud
Kohl’s is reimbursing two customers after learning an employee illegally used customer credit cards to buy gift cards. Source – CFNews
WA: Student finds ‘back door’ in YCS program
Megan Hansen reports: Yelm Community Schools shut down its computer account system Skyward after a student discovered a potential security breach. “A student showed us a back door,” said Director of Technology Dennis Wallace. “We immediately shut down access to Skyward.” Skyward is a computer account system that the school, students and parents can access…
CA: Personal Info On 1,000s Of Kaiser Employees Stolen
CBS reports: Thousands of northern California Kaiser employees are being notified that their personal information including social security numbers was stolen from the company. Kaiser has set-up a Employee Security Support Line for the 29,500 employees whose information was stolen to handle the situation. A recorded message on the line says that the stolen information…
More Heartland Details Leak Out (And Some May Be Trying To Leak Back In)
Evan Schuman reports: Details surrounding the Heartland data breach continue to dribble out, with one respected payment systems newsletter reporting that the forensic investigators Heartland brought in were Cybertrust and Neohapsis. Heartland had tried keeping those names confidential, an effort that was succeeding prior to the Wednesday, Feb. 4 issue of The Nilson Report. That…