US Advanced Data Processing Inc. Oct 2012 Misuse (Q15852)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Advanced Data Processing Inc. Oct 2012 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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October 2012
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A notice posted on the city of Yumas website reports that account information of ambulance patients served by Yuma Fire Department were illegally accessed during a data breach of the company that provides the billing service. But its thought that no information about Yuma patients was compromised in the data breach by an employee of Advanced Data Processing Inc., which manages billing for the emergency medical services industry, including Yuma. The company learned on Oct. 1, 2012, that one of its employees improperly accessed certain patient account information for the various agencies it serves. The employee passed on the information to a Florida theft ring suspected of filing false federal income tax returns. Unfortunately, this is a big problem ... a nationwide problem, said Lisa MacKe (English)
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