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emailHealth Data Breaches Multiply; Canadian Hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs Both Hit With Lawsuits
Posted on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 by Elaine Rigoli
Just when you think it’s safe to provide your Social Security number on your doctor’s intake forms, another wave of medical data breaches crashes over our hopeful heads and reminds us that less (personal detail) is more.
Read on to learn which medical centers are affected now — and about two new “medical data breach” lawsuits against a Canadian hospital and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More
Oregon University Medical Data Breach Leaks Patients’ Social Security Numbers
Posted on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 by Elaine Rigoli
It’s a question worth asking your healthcare provider: are you doing the bare minimum to meet federal HIPAA standards or are you actually using common sense to protect my sensitive medical information?
That’s the concern after another data breach rocked Oregon Health & Science University. It reported on March 25 that a surgeon’s unencrypted laptop was stolen from a vacation rental home in Hawaii. The stolen laptop contained medical record numbers, types and dates of surgeries, names of surgeons of 4,022 patients, and (worst of all) the Social Security numbers for at least 17 confirmed patients.
Click to find out what other data breaches have rocked other healthcare facilities in 2013 — and why one security firm calls the low rate of hacking during the past few years merely “the calm before the storm” when it comes to our protected health information.
Data Breaches Continue to Happen At Banks, Colleges, and Beyond
Posted on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
October may be National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but that doesn’t mean cyber-crime is taking a vacation. Here are just some of the major data breaches — including users’ Social Security numbers and dates of birth — that have been reported in October. Read on for more information. Read More
FTC Sues Wyndham for Failing to Protect Hotel Guests’ Sensitive Personal Data
Posted on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries for alleged data-security failures and weak security systems.
Even after the hotel chain’s first-known data breach in 2008, Wyndham failed to fix its massive security vulnerabilities, alleges the FTC.
As a result, Wyndham’s security was breached two more times in less than two years. Read More
LinkedIn Hack: Member Passwords Compromised in Security Breach
Posted on Friday, June 8th, 2012 by Jillian Ryan
Earlier this week, reports of a major security breach at LinkedIn surfaced as 6.5 million member passwords were uploaded to a Russian hacker website. On the network’s blog, the company confirmed that such allegations were true.
If you are unsure whether your account was impacted by the breach, you can use a secure tool from the password management firm LastPass, according to Mashable. For the latest tips on keeping your LinkedIn account secure, visit our How-To section on Managing Your LinkedIn Private Settings. Read More
Johns Hopkins Professor On Recent Mastercard/Visa Data Breach
Posted on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
The Baltimore Sun has an interesting look at the recent Mastercard/Visa data breach (we tackled that topic here last week), including the scary realization that we may never know if the Global Payments breach leads to identity theft since most victims of identity theft have no idea how they became a victim. Read More
Hackers Breach Visa, Mastercard Processor; 50,000 Cards Compromised
Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
Hackers have broken into an Atlanta-based payments processor, Global Payments, Inc, potentially accessing more than 50,000 Visa or Mastercard accounts between January 21 and February 25.
The extent of the breaches are still unknown, and Global Payments didn’t disclose what type of data had been accessed.
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Verizon: Hacking Remains Predominant Form of Cybercrime
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
The Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that hacking remains the predominant form of cyber-crime.
According to this eWeek article, “these two methods are popular because they allow attackers remote access, automation, and an easy getaway.”
In 2011, about 99% of all compromised data records were stolen during an incident that involved either hacking or malware, according to the report. Desktops, laptops, and point-of-sale terminals made up the bulk of compromised end-user devices.
Online Retailer Zappos Hacked; Customers Urged to Change Passwords and Avoid Phishing Scams
Posted on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
Zappos.com, the online shoe-shopping favorite that is owned by Amazon, has suffered a major data breach. Read More
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