University of Iowa Hospital Admin Used Stolen Identity for Over 30 Years
The victim was wrongfully convicted of identity fraud himself and spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a mental health facility.
The victim was wrongfully convicted of identity fraud himself and spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a mental health facility.
In the breach, patient names, Social Security numbers, medical information and other valuable information was exposed.
The stolen materials include names, jobs, email addresses, and for some, street addresses, of over 23,000 people, 1,000 of which are in law enforcement.
Community Health System agreed to the settlement following a data breach in 2014 that compromised millions of patient’s information.
On the dark web, Social Security numbers are sold for approximately $1 while credit card information is priced at about $110.
Officials say that a hacker gained access to the personal information of over 500,000 San Diego Unified students and staff.
After evaluating over 5 million passwords, SplashData estimates almost 10% of people have used at least one of the 25 worst passwords on this year’s list.
The files contained personal information such as background checks and employee ID numbers of tens of thousands of CPS workers.
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A former OB-GYN obtained his medical license using a fake name and a fake Social Security number and also had a false passport, visa and birth certificate.