Over 7,000 patients who received treatment at Emory may be at risk for identity theft. Thousands of patients personal identifying information is now in the hands of law enforcement after executing a search warrant on a suspected identity theft ring. FULL STORY. Have you received a breach notification letter from Emory? If you have, [...]
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HACKER GROUP “ANONYMOUS” LINKED TO SONY PSN DATA BREACH
Posted: May 9, 2011 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, Breach Notification Letter, CREDIT DISPUTE, data breach, free credit report, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, MICAH ADKINS, SONY, Sony PSN
Hacker group known as “Anonymous” is linked to he massive Sony PSN data breach, according to the Register. The Sony Playstation network was recently hacked and as many as 77 million customers have begun to receive breach notification emails from Sony regarding the attack. In its letter to Congress, Sony chronicles the data breach timeline, [...]
TEXAS TO OFFER FREE CREDIT MONITORING
Posted: May 6, 2011 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTES, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, attorney, Austin, Breach Notification Letter, CREDIT MONITORING, CREDIT REPORT, Dallas, dispute, ers data breach, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, Fort worth, GEORGIA, Houston, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, lawyer, San Antonio, TEXAS, texas data breach, trs data breach, twc data loss
The state of Texas is now offering free credit monitoring to Texans included in the most recent data loss incident. Previously, Texas planned to offer credit monitoring at a discounted price; however, in light of public criticism, is now offering free credit monitoring. So what’s the big fuss? Doesn’t the state of Texas knows victims of [...]
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DATA LOSS
Posted: February 15, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, attorney, birmingham, Breach Notification Letter, data breach, DATA LOSS, Data Security, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, huntsville, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, lawyer, mobile, montgomery, Tuscaloosa
The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it discovered the personal data of hundreds of its employees on a portable jump drive. The jump drive included personal information such as Social Security numbers and payroll information. The Oregon DOC said there’s no indication any of the personal information was misused. The Oregon DOC was notified on January 27, 2011 of the potential data [...]
DOMINOS COMPUTER SYSTEM HACKED IN INDIA
Posted: January 28, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Breach Notification Letter, DOMINOS DATA BREACH, DOMINOS HACKER, FAIR CRDIT REPORTING ACT, FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT ATTORNEY, FCRA, fcra lawyer, free credit report, Id Theft Attorney, IDENTITT THEFT LAWYER, Identity Theft Law, Identity Theft Protection
A hacker recently hacked his/her way into a Domino’s server in India. The hacker was able to download customer data from the server. Dominos ha begun to send breach notification letters to its customers. the letter states: ‘We have come to know that someone has hacked our website with malicious intent and with the help of [...]
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL PATIENT DATA STOLEN
Posted: August 23, 2010 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: ALABAMA ID THEFT LAWYER, Breach Notification Letter, ID Theft Law, Identity Theft Law, stolen laptop
The University of Kentucky Hospital announced a laptop was stolen from a private office in June 2010. The laptop contained patients’ personal identifying information, including medical records. The University of Kentucky Hospital has begun to contact around 2,000 patients who may be at risk for identity theft due to the data theft. Like Alabama, Kentucky [...]
AETNA DATA BREACH CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT DISMISSED BY FEDERAL JUDGE
Posted: August 15, 2010 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Aetna Data Breach, ALABAMA DATA SECURITY ATTORNEY, ALABAMA DATA SECURITY LAWYER, Atlanta, birmingham, Breach Notification Letter, Data Breach Lawyer, Florida, FRAUD, GEORGIA, huntsville, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, mobile, montgomery, Orlando, Panama City, pensacola, tallahassee, tampa, Tuscaloosa
A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit, Allison v. Aetna, filed after the insurer’s computer database may have been hacked. Allegedly, the personal data of some 450,000 job applicants were potentially compromised. U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis held that such a claim of “increased risk of identity theft” is not enough to confer standing to sue. “At best, [...]
HOSPITAL BEGINS TO NOTIFY 21,000 PATIENTS ABOUT STOLEN LAPTOP
Posted: July 29, 2010 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: ALABAMA DATA SECURITY ATTORNEY, Breach Notification Letter, id theft, stolen laptop, THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NOTIFICATION LETTER
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia notified 21,000 patients that a laptop computer containing their unencrypted personal data including names, birth dates, insurance information and Social Security numbers was stolen from an office at the hospital on June 14, 2010. The laptop was allegedly password-protected, but the data could be accessed since it was not encrypted [...]
City of Detroit Data Breach
Posted: December 31, 2009 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Breach Notification Letter, City of Detroit, data breach, Detroit Health Department, id theft, Patient Information
Our firm is investigating a recent data breach involving the City of Detroit Health Department. We have received information that the personal information of over 5,000 people have been stolen in 2 separate data breaches. The first, occurred in October 2009 when a flash drive was stolen from the Detroit Health Department. The flash drive [...]
2nd Data Loss at Pensacola Naval Hopsital
Posted: November 16, 2009 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Breach Notification Letter, CLASS ACTION, data breach, Data Security, Department of Navy, Florida, FRAUD, free credit report, id theft, identity fraud, IDENTITY THEFT, lost laptop, naval base, naval hospital, pensacola, stolen laptop
The Department of the Navy Pensacola is reporting Pensacola Naval Hospital has lost personal identifiable information again. The first reported data loss incident this year included a missing laptop in August of 2009. According to the Department of Navy’s August 31, 2009 Personal Identifying Information (PII) loss notification letter, the Pharmacy Department at Naval Hospital Pensacola reported [...]