Federal regulators fined a New York City medical center $4.75 million and called for a correction action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations discovered during the investigation of a hospital insider who sold patient data to an identity theft ring in 2013. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights on […]
New York regulators are warning millions of individuals of identity theft risks involving a data theft at a medical transcriber that has now affected patients of at least two major healthcare groups in the state, including Crouse Health and the previously disclosed Northwell Health. In a statement Wednesday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James […]
To steal your ID, cybercriminals need to catch you unawares. A momentary lapse of concentration and the necessary information could be handed over without protest, almost subconsciously. Like all scams, ID theft works when you least expect it. Several techniques are in use by cybercriminals that help them steal your ID and the contents of […]
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