Find Your Daily Voice
45°
NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data
A New Jersey fertility clinic agreed to pay the state nearly $500,000 to settle an investigation into a data breach that compromised the personal information of 14,663 patients, authorities said.
The hack “allowed multiple instances of unauthorized access” to protected health information of patients of the Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC, which operates practices in Millburn, Dover and in Goshen, NY, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday.
“Inadequate data systems and protocols are every hacker’s dream,” state Division of Consumer Affairs Acting…
Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman
A thief used a Glen Rock woman’s information to ring up $10,000 worth of airline tickets and hotel charges in Colorado, steal $3,750 in other expenses and access her medical records by hacking her i-Phone, authorities said.
The information from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was “used to defraud a third party in Colorado,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday.
Apparently, the thief “hacked into her AT&T I-Phone and obtained her banking information,” the chief said.
Then the charges began – and mounted, he said.
Ackermann’s detectives were working with their colleagues in Eng…