Category: Data Breach

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

  1. What security can learn from the $15M Sprint employee breach

    Explore Article CSO Online (6 hours, 25 min ago) Corporate , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    Several former Sprint employees are charged with cloning customer information to make fraudulent phone calls. What researchers are learning about this type of insider breach

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Tampa   CSO Magazine   Joan Goodchild

  2. Heartland Payment, Discover settle data breach claims

    View all 3 articles » Explore Article Reuters.com (Sep 2 2010) Corporate , Compliance , Data Breach

    Credit and debit card processor Heartland Payment Systems (HPY.N) agreed to pay $5 million to Discover Financial Services (DFS.N) to settle data security breach claims and said this was the final agreement with a card brand related to a cyber theft in its systems in 2008.

    Heartland, Discover Settle for $5 Million - bankinfosecurity.com  
    Heartland Self-Inflicts More Data Breach Injuries - StorefrontBacktalk  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Discover Financial Services   Albert Gonzalez   Heartland Payment Systems

  3. Almost 13 Million Records Breached in 2010…So Far

    View all 3 articles » Explore Article CIO - Blogs and Discussion (Aug 30 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Higher Ed , Compliance , Data Breach

    NetworkWorld reports that businesses suffered the most breaches, making up 35% of the total. Medical and healthcare services accounted for 29.1% of breaches. The government and military made up 16.2% of breaches. Banking, credit, and financial services experienced 10.5% of breaches, and 9.2% of breaches occurred in educational institutes.

    Bank of America Settles Data Theft Claims - dailyfinance.com  
    Judge OKs Countrywide breach settlement - scmagazineus.com  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Robert Siciliano   McAfee

  4. Most IT Pros Circumvent File Transfer Security Policies

    Explore Article InformationWeek (Aug 5 2010) Consumer , Data Breach

    Most IT Pros Circumvent File Transfer Security Policies Survey finds 69% of IT managers regularly send highly sensitive information -- payroll, customer, or financial data -- via unsecured e-mail, finds Ipswitch study.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   London   Mathew J. Schwartz

  5. Skimming: A 2010 Timeline

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Aug 30 2010) Data Breach

    Interactive Chart of the Year's Top Crimes at ATMs, POS TerminalsInteractive Timeline of the Year's Top Skimming Crimes at ATMs and POS Terminals.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Linda McGlasson

  6. Senate Bill Aims To Bolster Data Security

    Explore Article Tech Daily Dose (Aug 6 2010) Corporate , Government , Compliance , Data Breach

    The bill, offered by Senate Commerce Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller, D-W.Va., would require businesses or nonprofits that own or possess data containing personal information such as credit card numbers, to establish...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Senate   Commerce   Tom Carper

  7. With No Harm Threshold, Nearly All Breaches Substantiated in CA

    View all 5 articles » Explore Article healthleadersmedia.com (Aug 26 2010) Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach

    California, the state that signed a precedent-setting privacy law, fields more than 220 notifications of potential breaches from licensed facilities per month, according to numbers released by the state's Department of Public Health.

    California Legislation Would Require Companies To Specify The Data Exposed In Breaches - Dark Reading  
    Calif. breach notification bill going back to the governor - scmagazineus.com  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   California   Department of Public Health

  8. Study Points To Mobile Data Leak Risk

    Explore Article drdobbs.com (Aug 5 2010) Corporate , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    International IT governance body ISACA has released a study detailing the increasing potential for mobile devices to pose a significant threat to data loss. Pointing to information leakage over wireless and poorly secured wired networks, Securing Mobile Devices is intended as a wake-up call for companies who refuse to close backdoors leading t...

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ponemon Institute   Isaca

  9. Infected USB drive blamed for '08 military cyber breach; Malware was uploaded to network run by the U.S. Central Command

    Explore Article Computerworld (Aug 26 2010) Government , Data Breach

    A USB drive loaded with malware was used to compromise sensitive military networks in 2008, according to U.S Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Jaikumar Vijayan   Computerworld   USB

  10. Almost one in four security breaches affected health centers in 2010: survey

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article DOTmed.com (Aug 9 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach , Reports

    Almost one out of four data security breaches affected health care centers in 2010, according to reports, though the numbers are likely somewhat padded by mandatory breach reporting data added this year. Still, the numbers are leading privacy rights advocates to push for tougher disclosure laws.

    Blumenthal: Yale data breach a reminder of 'legal and moral obligation to protect privacy' - healthcareitnews.com  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   HHS   Itrc   Health Insurance Portability

  11. Kentucky hospital loses thousands of medical records

    Explore Article DOTmed.com (Aug 24 2010) Healthcare , Data Breach

    A laptop stolen from a Kentucky hospital might be putting the privacy of patients at risk. The University of Kentucky said Sunday it was informing 2,027 patients that a laptop stolen in June might contain their personal medical information.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kentucky   Lexington

  12. ITRC Consumer Internet Transaction Concerns Survey

    Explore Article Identity Theft Resource Center (Aug 13 2010) Consumer , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    ITRC today announced that 87 percent of consumers who have made a purchase or bank transaction online in the past month are concerned about the safety of the personal identifying and financial information they transmit. Click here for full survey.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   ITRC Surveys & Studies   Jay Foley   Itrc

  13. Survey: Data breach prevention top of mind for IT decision makers

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (Aug 17 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    Preventing patient data breaches is cited as the number one priority for healthcare IT decision makers, but work remains for complying with security regulations, according to a national survey that examines IT trends in healthcare. The 2010 Healthcare IT Survey, a poll of 600 decision-makers across hospitals in the U.S. and Canada, was conducted via Zoomerang, an online survey services provider, for Lexington, Mass.-based Imprivata, which develops enterprise authentication and access management solutions.

    Inside the Verizon Breach Report - bankinfosecurity.com  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lexington   Healthcare   Kathleen Sebelius

  14. VA Posts Data Breach Reports Online

    View all 2 articles » Explore Article InformationWeek (Aug 13 2010) Data Breach

    VA Posts Data Breach Reports Online Monthly updates show the different ways data has leaked out of the agency, including lost or stolen hardware and misdirected emails.

    VA data breach reports available online - Federal Computer Week  

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Las Vegas   Department of Veterans Affairs   Congress

  15. 41 Banking Breaches So far in 2010

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Aug 16 2010) Consumer , Corporate , Data Breach

    41 Banking Breaches So far in 2010 Account Takeover a Top Concern for Banks, BusinessesThere have been 41 data breaches involving financial institutions so far in 2010 - well on the way to surpassing the 62 such incidents in all of 2009.

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Senate   Linda Foley   Identity Theft Resource Center

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