Posts Tagged ‘Breach Notification Letter’

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]