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Original Technorati articles tagged “data breach”

• in Business
  Consumer Reality Check - Lifting the Veil on PCI DSS
  Lifting the Veil on PCI DSS
  by mdpeters67 / on Apr 3, 2012
• in IT
  Texas Comptroller’s Office Beefs Up Information Security
  Major Data Breach Prompts Hiring of Experts
  by johnjegan / on Jul 12, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “data breach”

 

• Private Rx Info Breach at State Database

  
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  Floridas E-FORCE program was "to encourage safer prescribing of controlled substances and to reduce drug abuse and diversion within the state" but as some feared it has put private health data at risk. The ACLU of Florida said “The private medical information of more than 3,000 Floridians — namely what ...
  4 days ago

• The Identity Theft Flu: 5 Ways to Stay Healthy

  
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  Identity theft is a lot like the flu. You can do everything right – minimize your risk of exposure and so forth – but if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, then you’re toast. You can be standing next to the wrong person on a bus and get the flu, and when your data is sitting on the wrong database and ...
  5 days ago

• Prime Healthcare Violates Patient Privacy, Fined $275K

  
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  Prime Healthcare Services has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a federal case alleging violation of patient privacy by the CEO of the Shasta Regional Medical Center (owned by Prime). Additional fines related to this matter were imposed by the California Department of Public Health (DPH), $95,000 for violating patient ...
  5 days ago

• RJS Announces New Security Technology Alliance

  
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  RJS recently announced an alliance with Global Velocity , a leading provider of network cyber security solutions, to fully integrate data loss prevention (DLP) technology into WebDocs. This integration, using Global Velocity’s “ rapid DLP” solution, gives WebDocs a real competitive advantage in a crowded ...
  6 days ago

• Federal Cybersecurity Initiatives Demand Vigilance of Communication and Energy Infrastructure Owners and Operators

  
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  By:  Robert G. Scott, Jr. Cybersecurity initiatives are moving rapidly within the federal government and require owners and operators of critical infrastructure – including in particular Communication and Energy Systems, and those who supply and service them – to remain vigilant in managing cybersecurity ...
  6 days ago

• 2013 Breach Cost Study: Healthcare Highest

  
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  The 2013 Cost of Data Breach Study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, found the average global cost of a data breach was $136 in 2012, a $6 increase over 2011. For financial services and healthcare organizations, which hold more personally identifiable information, the cost was $215 and $233 per person, ...
  6 days ago

• Drug Bust Uncovers Patient Privacy Breach?

  
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  A drug bust recovered personal information on 4,500 Sutter Health patients; patients names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, genders, addresses, zip codes, marital status, employer names, and home/work phone numbers may have been exposed. " ..cannot yet disclose how or where the information was obtained because of ...
  1 week ago

• Report Traces Cloud Computing Security Errors To Errant Humans

  
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  Report Traces Cloud Computing Security Errors in India, other Countries to Errant Humans While India has attracted a number of big giants in the Information Technology and cloud computing niches, it still ranks as one of the top guns that suffer security compromises. A report that came out early June , with a ...
  1 week ago

• You Thought You Were Safe? 6 Myths and Realities of Online Security

  
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  Filed under: Identity Theft , Technology , Internet , Security , Saving Alamy Even at the best of times, surfing the Web involves a delicate dance between security and freedom. After all, while you have the freedom to visit any site in the world, the thought that your favorite website might be infected with ...
  1 week ago

• New York DMV Data Breach Leads to 11 Felony Charges

  
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  Data breaches are becoming more common for a number of reasons, but even despite a number of technological advances in recent years, one of the biggest causes of these incidents is still the fact that some workers with access to sensitive information abuse that privilege. That was the case in a recent data breach ...
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• Quick Wins from Verizon’s 2013 DBIR

  
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  It’s that time of year again – lots of new 2013 IT Security reports – trends, breach investigations, and more on 2012 data from Verizon, Symantec, Ponemon, Mandiant, PWC (focused on Europe) – and others have been published. In the interest of those of us with short attention spans, in this post I’ll focus ...
  1 week ago

• Quick Wins from Verizon’s 2013 DBIR

  
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  It’s that time of year again – lots of new 2013 IT Security reports – trends, breach investigations, and more on 2012 data from Verizon, Symantec, Ponemon, Mandiant, PWC (focused on Europe) – and others have been published. In the interest of those of us with short attention spans, in this post I’ll focus ...
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• Raley’s supermarkets hacked in cyber attack

  
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  SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Raley’s Family of Fine Foods has been hit with a “complex” cyber attack and have sent a letter to their customers explaining what has happened and what they should do. The company launched an immediate investigation into the criminal activity to determine if thieves had gained access to ...
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• Brookhaven posts workers’ private info on its website

  
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  Brookhaven says it accidentally posted the social security numbers of 78 ambulance workers and beneficiaries on its website.
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• Australias first shot at mandatory data breach notification

  
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  The Privacy Amendment ( Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013 reached the second reading stage when introduced in Parliament last week but still has a way to go to get through the House and Senate. It has taken five and a bit years to get to this stage since legislation was recommended by the Australian Law Reform ...
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• Victims Using New Tactic in Data Breach Lawsuits

  
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  When it comes to data breaches, the damage done to consumers whose sensitive personal information is exposed by them can be appreciable. However, these issues have often been difficult to prove in court, leading some plaintiffs to try a different approach in recent months. Statistics from the U.S. Department of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Flaws in the Carbon Layer: Is a Penetration Test Without a Social Engineering Component Really a Penetration Test?

  
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  Every QSA gets asked the same question about penetration testing: What is acceptable (translation: what is the least I can do) for PCI compliance? In the current environment of criminal (and state-sponsored) hacking, that is the wrong question. Instead retailers should ask: How do I get the greatest value from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Privacy Breach by Nurse: Court Date Set

  
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  We previously reported that a nurse at Eastern Health in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, was charged with inappropriately accessing over 100 patient records. The nurses attorney has entered a not guilty plea and a court trial date has been set for September 2013. " A former Eastern Health employee has pleaded not ...
  2 weeks ago

• Georgia Resort Hit By Massive Data Breach

  
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  Millions of businesses both large and small are now at significantly greater risk for massive data breaches that can expose large numbers of consumers to the threat of identity theft, and this threat recently became all too real for a resort in Georgia. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, recently discovered ...
  2 weeks ago

• Visa To Genesco: PCI Compliance? What PCI Compliance?

  
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  The predictable other shoe has dropped (please forgive that heel of a play on words) in the legal battle between apparel chain Genesco (NYSE: GCO) and Visa over PCI penalties, with Visa officially asking a federal judge to dismiss the retailers lawsuit. The $2.6 billion Genesco chain, which owns Journeys, Lids and ...
  2 weeks ago

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