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Category: Data Breach

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Sectors: Consumer, Corporate, Government, Healthcare, Higher Ed
Primary Issues: Compliance, Data Breach, ID Theft Prevention, Medical Identity Theft
Incidents: Lastest Data Breaches, Reports

  1. VA investigating security breach of veterans' medical data

    Explore Article Nextgov.com (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , Government , Data Breach

    VA investigating security breach of veterans' medical data In violation of department policies, physician assistant allegedly conducted an unauthorized download of two sets of clinical records in an attempt to conduct research, according to sources.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Austin   Atlanta   Texas

  2. LifeLock Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Charges by the FTC and 35 States That Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security Claims Were False

    Explore Article Federal Trade Commission (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , Compliance , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention , Medical Identity Theft

    LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of a truck.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Maryland   South Carolina   Missouri

  3. More Data Breaches Reported at Hotels

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article online.wsj.com (Mar 18 2010) Corporate , Data Breach , Reports

    Hackers are now stealing credit-card data from hotels more often than any other industry, according to data-security companies. In a recent report, SpiderLabs, a unit of data-security firm Trustwave, said 38% of its data-breach investigations in 2009 occurred at hotels. Financial services accounted for 19% of the company's data-breach inves...

    Cybercriminals still consider hotels easy targets for credit card info - content.usatoday.com  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Radisson Hotels & Resorts   Verizon Business   Wyndham

  4. FTC warns organiations, firms about P2P sensitive data leaks

    View all 4 articles » Explore Article AfterDawn.com (Feb 23 2010) Corporate , Data Breach , Lastest Data Breaches

    FTC warns organiations, firms about P2P sensitive data leaks The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has written to over 100 firms and organizations warning about a widespread, on-going data breach due ...

    Widespread Data Breaches Uncovered by FTC Probe - Federal Trade Commission  
    FTC Warns Of Widespread Data Breaches - InformationWeek  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   U.S. Federal Trade Commission   Jon Leibowitz   FTC

  5. Mass. Data Privacy Law: Are You Compliant?

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Feb 26 2010) Consumer , Corporate , Compliance , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    March 1 is Deadline for Covered Entities to ComplyMonday, March 1, is the current deadline for entities doing business in Massachusetts to comply with a tough new state law designed to safeguard residents' personal information. But given how many times this deadline has been moved, is this one real?

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Goodwin Procter   Deborah Birnbach   Massachusetts

  6. The Associated Press: 3 charged with SoCal gas pump ID theft

    Explore Article Google (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , Data Breach

    Three men are accused of stealing $2 million by installing devices on gas station pumps that harvested credit card access codes.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Los Angeles

  7. An Underappreciated Threat: The Bored Employee

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Mar 4 2010) Corporate , Compliance , Data Breach

    Retail IT is generally on the lookout for cyberthief intruders trying to break into sensitive systems. The disgruntled former employee is another well-known trouble spot, as are the greedy and potentially dishonest current employees who simply exceed access authorization. But one of the most dangerous and often overlooked threats is the bored and honest employee, frequently younger and left in a very monotonous environment with little to no supervision.Think video store, convenience chain, 24-hour restaurant and gas station. Hacking away out of boredom is a very different profile from someone looking to harm the chain or even steal something to ...

    Cyberthieves Using Bluetooth To Steal Gas Station Credit Card Data - StorefrontBacktalk  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Evan Schuman   Secret Service   Google

  8. Public employees union criticizes data loss deal

    Explore Article cnbc.com (Mar 5 2010) Government , Compliance , Data Breach

    A union representing 8,000 Alaska government workers is calling on the state to renegotiate terms of an identity theft settlement with the firm responsible for losing personal data of 77,000 current and former public employees.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dan Sullivan   Chicago   Associated Press

  9. Data theft creates notification nightmare for BlueCross

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Mar 2 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach

    A break-in one evening last October at a shopping mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is proving expensive for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Over the past five months, the company has employed a small army of workers to sort through the aftermath of what has proved to be a large and complex breach.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Maryland   BlueCross   Department of Defense

  10. Secret Service Investigating Debit-Only Breach Of An Alabama Dairy Queen

    Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Feb 24 2010) Data Breach

    For the mysterious data breach crime folder, the U.S. Secret Service is investigating a series of payment card thefts—originating at an Alabama Dairy Queen—that has only been impacting debit cards. The Hanceville, Ga., police department’s Capt. Jimmy Rodgers is quoted in a local newspaper saying: “At that location, somebody has apparently tapped into the Internet server and hacked into the debit card system, and they’re printing out the customers’ debit card numbers and using them all over California and Georgia.”This is a disturbing trend, as retailers see debit card approaches as a way to try and reduce interchange costs. It’s ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Alabama   Georgia   Secret Service

  11. HHS Posts Data Breach Notifications

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article Health Data Management (Feb 24 2010) Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach

    The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a Web page listing covered entities that have reported breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting more than 500 individuals. The posting is mandated under the HITECH Act, and comes as the grace period for enforcement of the data breach ...

    Healthcare Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals - hhs.gov  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   HHS   Tennessee   Joseph Goedert

  12. Heartland Payment Systems Reports Quarterly Loss

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Feb 24 2010) Corporate , Data Breach

    Heartland Payment Systems Reports Quarterly Loss Breach Expenses Mount; CEO Optimistic About Encryption SolutionJust over one year after its announcement of a devastating data breach, Heartland Payment Systems reports encouraging progress in merchant transaction processing volume and same store sales.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Robert Carr   American Express   Visa

  13. Customer Vs. Bank: Who is Liable for Fraud Losses?

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Feb 22 2010) Consumer , Data Breach

    Customer Vs. Bank: Who is Liable for Fraud Losses? Comerica/EMI Case Raises Key Questions About Responsibility, SecurityAt first this court case was a curiosity: Experi-Metal Inc. (EMI), a Michigan-based metal supply company, sued Comerica Bank, claiming that the bank exposed its customers to phishing attacks. But now this story shapes up as a significant test case for the banking industry, raising several key questions that must be answered about fraud and responsibility. "It will establish who is liable in the U.S. - the bank or the customer - for fraud losses that result from phishing," says Tom Wills, Senior Analyst, Security, Fraud & Compliance, Javelin Strategy & Research.

    Business Counter-Sues Bank in Fraud Dispute - bankinfosecurity.com  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Avivah Litan   VeriSign   Tom Wills

  14. The Cost Of A Breach, Heartland Style: At Least $129 Million; Might Be $229 Million

    Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Feb 24 2010) Data Breach

    In its latest financial report, Heartland Payment Systems reported that it dropped $129 million on data breach costs last year (an incident that briefly placed Heartland on Visa’s Bad Breach Boy list). The company added that it still has a reserve of $100 million for additional expenses.As a processor, Heartland’s pain is certainly much more severe than what would be inflicted on a retailer involved in a similarly large breach. But $229 million is starting to look like real money. Think of that $100 million in the bank as sort of mad money, in the sense that it’s needed because ...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bars   Heartland Payment Systems   QSR

  15. Victims of cyber hacking in Iowa brace for ID theft

    Explore Article DesMoinesRegister.com (Feb 24 2010) Government , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    Victims of cyber hacking in Iowa brace for ID theft An unsettling image has tormented state Sen. William Dotzler Jr. ever since he learned a hacker, possibly from China, broke into a state database containing his personal information.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Paul Stephens   Des Moines   Waterloo

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