Ie: Computer Containing Patient Data Stolen From Ennis Hospital

http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=3962
By Dissent, September 27, 2010

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that a computer containing patient information has been stolen during a break-in at Ennis General Hospital. Gardaí, the HSE and the Data Protection Commissioner are investigating the theft which occurred at Clare.s county hospital last week.

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The HSE has launched it.s own investigation into the matter however it is not yet known how much data relating to personal information about patients was on the computer or whether the machine was encrypted. It is thought that the computer was password protected and had been used for recording patient.s blood pressure monitoring data.

more info:
http://www.clareherald.com/news/3092-computer-containing-patient-data-stolen-from-ennis-hospital.html

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Alaska potential breach

http://www.ktva.com/ci_16146251

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The HIV status of thousands of Alaskans could be in 
the hands of a thief.

Anchorage Police, along with the Alaska Aids Assistance Association 
known as the Four A's, say the sensitive information was taken earlier 
this month, but because the investigation is still very active, a lot of 
information is not being made public at this time.

However, both police officials and Four A's representatives say they're 
confident neither the organization, nor the information, were 
specifically targeted.

"The potential breach could affect around 2,000 individuals statewide, 
and until the investigation is completed itself, will we be able to 
determine if anybody at all was affected, to what level and then that 
will determine how we notify them, when we notify them and what 
information we share," said Four A's Executive Director Trevor Storrs.

(Update) Lincoln golf courses, restaurant sources of credit card leaks

http://www.databreaches.net/?p=14157

(Update) Lincoln golf courses, restaurant sources of credit card leaks
September 25, 2010

Zach Pluhacek and Cory Matteson provide the latest update to recent 
reports of card fraud in the Lincoln area:

     Two Lincoln golf courses and a restaurant say they are the sources of 
more than 200 credit and debit card numbers stolen recently from 
Lincoln-area residents.

     In a news release Friday, Wilderness Ridge golf course and restaurant, 
1800 Wilderness Woods Place, and Hidden Valley Golf, 10501 Pine Lake Road, 
announced they had uncovered a security breach that exposed the card 
numbers of its recent customers.

     .All offending systems were immediately shut down,. the release said.

     It.s not clear how far back the breach stretched. Lincoln Police Chief 
Tom Casady said one affected cardholder hadn.t been to either business 
since March.

     As of Friday morning, police had taken 225 reports of credit and debit 
card fraud they believe to be connected, Officer Katie Flood said.

Read more in the Lincoln Journal Star. The full press release is available 
on the paper.s web site, here.

CA: Records stolen from LabCorp Patient Service Center

http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=3849

Records stolen from LabCorp Patient Service Center
By Dissent, September 21, 2010

LabCorp Patient Service Center in California notified Health & Human
Services (HHS) that 507 patients were affected by theft of their protected
health information.  The records were in paper format, and were reportedly
stolen on or about August 2.

I do not see any statement on LabCorp.s web site.  The company has a
number of locations and it is not clear where this theft occurred.

13800 accounts "stolen" in Nevada Florida and Arizona

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/20/officials-man-skimmed-13800-credit-cards-alleged-s/


Officials: 13,800 credit cards ‘skimmed’ in alleged scheme

Federal charges have been filed against a Las Vegas man in connection
with the production and use of counterfeit credit and debit cards that
allegedly were encoded with information skimmed from gas pumps in Las
Vegas and elsewhere.

Zelalem Berhe, 41, is charged in a criminal indictment with five counts
of bank fraud, possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices,
possession of access device-making equipment and aggravated identity
theft, said U.S. attorney for Nevada Daniel Bogden.

From about April 16, 2009, to May 4, 2010, the indictment alleges that
Berhe and others installed devices used to steal magnetic information
from credit and debit cards — known as "skimming" at gas pumps in the
Las Vegas area, as well as in Florida and Arizona.

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Berhe and others allegedly skimmed about 13,800 credit and debit card
account numbers using this system and unlawfully used the stolen account
numbers to fraudulently obtain about $591,872 from more than 10
financial institutions, officials said.