2A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • MARCH 27, 2019
RECORDS
Oregon Department of Human Services notifies public of data breach
SALEM—Th e
Oregon
Department of Human Ser-
vices uncovered a phishing
incident that aff ected email
records at the department.
Unfortunately, Protected
Health Information under
the Health Insurance Porta-
bility and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) was compromised
and potentially exposed.
Th e agency has hired an
outside entity, IDExperts, to
perform a forensic review to
clarify the number and iden-
tities of Oregonians whose
information was exposed,
and the specifi c kinds of in-
formation involved.
Th e Department of Hu-
man Services takes privacy
and the confi dentiality of
client information seriously
and has strong information
technology security process-
es in place, which enabled
the department to detect and
contain the incident. Th e
department cannot confi rm
that any clients’ personal in-
formation was acquired from
its email system or used in-
appropriately.
However, it is notifying
the public because infor-
mation was accessible to an
unauthorized person or per-
sons.
Although DHS has not
confi rmed that clients’ per-
sonal information was ac-
quired during the incident,
DHS considers the inci-
dent a breach under Ore-
gon’s Identity Th eft Protec-
tion Act (ORS 646A.600 to
646A.628).
Th erefore, this notifi ca-
tion is provided in part as a
substitute notice of a breach
under Oregon’s Identity
Th eft Protection Act, because
the class of aff ected consum-
ers exceeds 350,000.
Th e facts are summarized
below, along with protective
measures the department has
taken since discovering the
incident and general guid-
ance on protecting personal
information.
What happened?
On Jan. 28, DHS and En-
terprise Security Offi ce Cy-
ber Security team confi rmed
that a breach of regulated
information had occurred.
Nine individual employees
opened a phishing email and
clicked on a link that com-
promised their email mail-
boxes and allowed access to
these employees’ email infor-
mation.
Current information in-
dicates on Jan. 8, a spear
phishing email was sent to
DHS employees. Th rough
our process of discovery, we
learned that there were near-
ly 2 million emails in those
email mailboxes.
Th e unauthorized ac-
cess to the aff ected email
mailboxes was successfully
stopped. DHS is in the pro-
cess of thoroughly reviewing
the incident and the infor-
mation involved. Th is inves-
tigation includes clarifying
the number of impacted rec-
ords that might contain per-
sonal information of clients
receiving services from DHS.
What information was
involved?
Clients’ Protected Health
Information
under
the
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HI-
PAA) was accessible to an
unauthorized person. Client
information may include fi rst
and last names, addresses,
dates of birth, Social Security
numbers, case number and
other information used to
administer DHS programs.
Human Services doing?
Th e security and con-
fi dentiality of personal in-
formation is critical to the
Department of Human Ser-
vices. While there is no in-
dication that any personal
information was copied from
its email system or used in-
appropriately, the depart-
ment will be off ering identity
theft recovery services for
impacted individuals.
DHS is in the process of
determining whose infor-
mation was aff ected by this
breach.
Once confi rmed, IDEx-
perts will send individual
notices to identifi ed individ-
uals, including notices to cli-
ents whose HIPAA-protect-
ed information was involved,
with instructions on how
to register for the service,
which includes free credit
monitoring.
What is the Department of
Need more information?
DHS will provide up-
dates as more information is
known.
IDExperts has established
a toll-free information line
which will be available Fri-
day (March 22, 2019) at 800-
792-1750 to assist DHS cli-
ents with more information.
Th ere is also an estab-
lished website with infor-
mation. www.ide.myidcare.
com/oregonDHS.
Concerned DHS clients
may contact all three nation-
al consumer reporting agen-
cies, including for a copy of a
current credit report, at:
Equifax, TransUnion and
Experian
Website: AnnualCredit-
Report.com or call 877-322-
8228 (Option 1)
Mailing Address: Annual
Credit Report Request Ser-
vice, P.O. Box 105281, Atlan-
ta, GA 30348-5281.
Department of Revenue urges Oregonians to be aware of new tax scams
It’s never safe to let down
your guard, warns the Ore-
gon Department of Revenue
(ODR). Scam tactics are al-
ways evolving and becoming
more eff ective. Scammers try
many diff erent methods to
trick people into giving them
personal information or mon-
ey.
Th e best way for taxpayers
to make payments directly to
the ODR is through Revenue
Online. It’s secure and includes
all the information necessary
to ensure the payment is prop-
erly applied to the correct ac-
count.
Go directly to oregon.gov/
dor to fi nd Revenue Online.
Payment providers may pro-
vide links that appear to take
you to the government site, but
just end up taking you to an-
other area of the provider’s site.
Scams mainly come in the
form of a phone call, email, or
standard mail. Here are some
tips to help you identify scam
attempts.
• Scammers make unsolicit-
ed calls. Th ieves call taxpayers
claiming to be representatives
of the Oregon Department of
Revenue or other tax offi cials.
Th ey demand that the victim
pay a bogus tax bill and may
use threats or a sense of ur-
gency to con the victim into
sending cash, usually through
a prepaid debit card or wire
transfer. Th e Department of
Revenue never uses methods
like these when making calls.
Hang up on suspicious
phone calls. No matter how
urgent a message makes a sit-
uation sound, you can always
hang up, call the Department
of Revenue at their published
phone numbers [503-378-4988
or 800-356-4222 (toll-free)],
and know that you’re dealing
with an actual government
employee.
• Scammers send letters.
Letters oft en contain legitimate
logos, addresses, and phone
numbers to fool you. Some-
times, these letters expose
themselves as scams through
blurry logos, misspellings, and
poor grammar.
Letters are usually in the
form of a fake tax bill or claim-
ing an error with your account.
Letters from the Department
of Revenue will have informa-
tion that is verifi able through
our website and every letter is
printed with an identifi cation
number in the upper right cor-
ner.
• Scammers set up fake
websites. Some scams that
start as unsolicited calls or let-
ters may also try to send you to
fake websites. Th ese websites
are designed to look like and
offi cial federal or state agency
neral Chapel. Arrangements
by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel.
DEAN—Patricia F. Dean,
73, of Cottage Grove, died
March 20, 2019. Arrange-
ments by Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel.
Neil Welcome Harwood
March 18, 2019
N
eil Welcome Harwood, 92
of Cottage Grove, Oregon
passed away March 18, 2019.
He was born in Knappton, WA
to Omar and Bethel (Skinner)
Harwood. Neil joined the Unit-
ed States Army and worked as a
surgical technician. He married
Rachel Bessonette July 28, 1947
in Deadwood, OR. Th ey were
married 69 years. Neil worked
logging related jobs, and for
many years as a road grader
operator in Mapleton, OR. He
enjoyed family and friends. Neil
loved camping and exploring
many places in Oregon. He also,
enjoyed having a full wood shed
for cozy fi res in his fi replace.
He is survived by son David
(Janette) Harwood of Walter-
ville, OR; son Jeff rey Harwood
of Cottage Grove, OR; brother
Oscar Harwood of Amity, OR;
brother Rex Harwood of Weiser,
ID; brother Marvin Harwood of
CA; sister Margie Herzberg of
Tigard, OR; brother Walter Har-
wood of Roseburg, OR; 2 grand-
children and 3 great-grandchil-
dren. He is preceded in death
by his wife Rachel Harwood.
Arrangements are in the care
of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel.
sion.
For more information on
protecting yourself or what to
do if you’re a victim of identity
theft , visit www.irs.gov.
John Wesley Solesbee
1947-2019
Charlotte June “Carnes” Woolcott
1925-2019
J
ohn Wesley Solesbee, 72 of
Cottage Grove, OR passed
away on March 12, 2019. He
was born on March 12, 1947
in Murphy, North Carolina
to parents Jacob and Doro-
thy (Kephart) Solesbee. John
DEATH NOTICES
WOOLCOTT— Charlotte
June Woolcott, 93, of Van-
couver, Wash., formerly of
Cottage Grove, died March
19, 2019.
A celebration of her life
will be held Saturday, March
30, at Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
site. Remember that the Ore-
gon Department of Revenue’s
web address will always begin
with an “https://” designation
and be from the “.gov” exten-
made his living as a timber
faller. He enjoyed hunting and
fi shing. John married Loretta
Miller on September 8, 2005
in Reno, NV. He is survived
by his wife, Loretta Solesbee;
daughters, Margaret Solsebee,
Angie Solesbee, Linda Foster
and husband Jimmy, Kathleen
Solesbee; son, Kenneth Soles-
bee; step-son, Johnny Miller;
siblings, R.V. Solesbee, Ann
Nunn, Larry Solesbee, Keith
Solesbee; 3 grandchildren and
3 great grandchildren. A pri-
vate family visitation was held.
Burial at Walker Union Ceme-
tery. Arrangements in the care
of Smith Lund Mills Funeral
Chapel, Cottage Grove, OR.
Norman Henry Westerkamp
1933-2019
C
harlotte June (Carnes)
Woolcott died peacefully
the morning of March 19 at the
age of 93. She was born June 25,
1925 in Hood River to Fred and
Zana (Lee) Carnes and was pre-
ceded in death by her husband
of over 55 years, Russ Woolcott.
June was raised in Hood Riv-
er, graduated from University
of Oregon, and taught PE/En-
glish at Grants Pass and Cottage
Grove High Schools. She taught
Sunday School at the United
Methodist Church (CG); was
an active member of the Amer-
ican Legion Women’s Auxiliary,
Julianna Garden Club, the PTA,
and First United Methodist
Church (Eugene); was both
a Cub and Girl Scout leader;
played bridge and pinochle; and
was on a bowling team spon-
sored by Randall & Woolcott.
She loved music, gardening,
sports (especially basketball),
and Mt. Hood.
Survivors include children
Chuck (Dawn) Woolcott, Gail
(Parke) Ball, and Sally (Bob)
Schroeder; grandchildren: Sara
(Kyle) Piper, Kelsy (Allen) Foul-
stone, Nicole (David) Cline,
Grant (fi ancé Samantha) Schro-
eder, Victoria (Devin) Geiger,
Emma Woolcott, and Evan
Woolcott; and great-grandchil-
dren: Logan Piper, Wesley Pip-
er, and Norah Foulstone.
A Celebration of Life will
be held at Smith-Lund Mills
Funeral Chapel on March 30,
2019 at 2 pm. In lieu of fl owers,
remembrances to the Cottage
Grove American Legion Post,
your local Scouting organiza-
tions, Cottage Grove Historical
Museum, or your place of wor-
ship are appreciated. Arrange-
ments in the care of Smith Lund
Mills Funeral Chapel, Cottage
Grove, OR.
N
orman
Henry
West-
erkamp, 85 of Cottage
Grove, Oregon passed away
March 18, 2019. He was born
October 3, 1933, in Denver,
CO to parents Henry and Adda
(Halter) Westerkamp. Norman
graduated in 1951 from North
Denver High School, and Rocky
Mountain Technical Institute
from 1957-1961. He served in
the United States Navy on the
USS Saint Paul during the Ko-
rean War. He married Cornelia
T. Lowrance, November 16,
1954, in Westminster, Colorado.
Norman worked as a Custodi-
an in Denver public schools.
He also worked as a pin setter
at a bowling alley, at stockman
Dixon Paper, and Jeff erson
County Schools as an Electri-
cian Apprentice. He owned and
operated NorWest Backhoe and
Septic Services until his retire-
ment in 1995. Normans hobbies
included being on the pit crew
for Googie Gallow. Norman is
survived by his wife Cornelia,
daughter Carol (Gerald) Water-
house; daughter Karen (Ronald)
Perkins; son Bobby (Melanie)
Westerkamp; son Clent (Cheri)
Westerkamp; son Mark (Barba-
ra) Westerkamp; 10 grandchil-
dren; 2 great-grandchildren; 1
great-great grandchild. He is
preceded in death by daugh-
ter-in law Lisa Williams (West-
erkamp). A graveside service
will be held Friday, March 22,
2019 at 11:AM, at Creswell Pi-
oneer Cemetery. Arrangements
in the care of Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel, Cottage Grove,
OR.
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