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Vision Center records in Illinois possibly used for ID theft
From: "Henry Brown" <brownhenrya () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:10:46 -0500
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/040108/TRI_BG7EFKUT.044.php Illinois Eye Center records accessed former Illinois Eye Center employee could have used confidential patient information for identity theft. According to a letter the eye center sent last week to affected patients, the records obtained include patient names, Social Security numbers and birthdates. It is believed females between ages 18 and 25 were targeted. The Peoria County Sheriff's Department was alerted about the possible identity theft in January and has received seven or eight reports total, Lt. Mark Greskoviak said. In each case, Greskoviak said, there was an attempt to access the patients' credit information. At least one individual reported unauthorized access was obtained to his or her credit information. The female suspect, whose name has not been released, worked as a receptionist at the center from June to November 2007 and police believe she now lives outside Illinois. Although the former employee has not been charged, Greskoviak said the department hopes to make an arrest in the near future. Like most cases of identity theft, the confidential information was not used until long after it was obtained. Greskoviak recommends that patients closely examine their credit card bills and run a credit check. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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