Back on July 23, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced: Ashley C. Drummond, 27, of Belleville, Illinois, and Susan L. Harris, 27, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, were indicted on July 19, 2012, by a Grand Jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East…
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Grady issues correction to claim that ADPI breach went on for nine months
In response to inquiries initiated by this blog after noting a discrepancy between Grady’s statement and ADPI’s statement concerning the timeframe of the breach, Grady has just issued the following correction: Billing contractor data breach includes Grady EMS patient information Some Grady EMS ambulance service patients are being notified that selected personal information may have…
Three more breaches, and ignorance is definitely not bliss
Three additions to HHS’s breach tool, and so far, I can’t find anything on any of these breaches: “Surgical Associates of Utica, PC”,NY,”Quanterion Solutions, Inc.“,1017,9/18/2012,Theft,Network Server,11/16/2012,, “First Step Counseling, Inc.“,NJ,,638,5/1/2011-08/05/2011,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,Paper,11/16/2012,, “CVS Caremark”,RI,,955,8/13/2012,Theft,Paper,11/16/2012,, I wonder if the First Step Counseling breach was an insider stealing patient data for tax refund fraud. I’d call and ask…
FL: Volunteer at Jackson North used smartphone to steal data
Jackson North Medical Center in North Miami Beach is part of the Jackson Health System. It appears they, too, have suffered an insider breach for tax refund fraud purposes. John Dorschner reports that a volunteer at the medical center used a smart phone to take pictures of patient records: The volunteer’s misdeeds unraveled in a…
How many were affected by ADPI-Intermedix breach: help track this breach
As I had done with the Epsilon breach on DataBreaches.net, I’ve decided to devote a blog post to tracking organizations affected by the Advanced Data Processing (ADPI) breach. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that there were “27 agencies in 17 states whose patients may have had personal information stolen.” As you’ll see below, that does…
Personal Information Found on Items at Auction
Another defunct hospital left patient and employee records behind without adequate security. This time it’s St. Catherine Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Paging HHS to Aisle 4….