The University of Texas at San Antonio has posted a breach notice on the university’s site: The University of Texas at San Antonio is informing 688 students and prospective students who either enrolled in or applied to courses in the Honors College that an unauthorized user may have gained access to information about them. Those…
Month: September 2011
(follow-up) OH: Silence not broken nearly a year after security breach
The student paper at Ohio State University has continued to try to get answers to their questions about a breach at OSU last year that affected 760,000. You can read Ally Marotti’s recent update on The Lantern. The coverage paints an unflattering picture of the university in terms of transparency following the breach. Could the…
TX: Two George’s at Center of Credit Card Fraud Investigation
Keaton Fox reports: Tonight there are more questions about what was going on at Two Georges Restaurant, now the center of a credit card abuse case. Police say several people filed reports that their credit card was charged hundreds of dollars, months, even years after they had visited the restaurant. Now the businesses has been…
Senate Panel OKs National Breach Notification Bill
Breach notification laws in most states would be preempted if legislation approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday becomes law. But that’s a big if, at least as it now stands. The 10 Democrats and eight Republicans on the committee split along party lines in approving the three different, but related measures, with overlapping provisions, aimed at strengthening privacy…
IL: VA notifies vets about missing info
The Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System recently notified 518 veterans that sensitive personal information was not properly safeguarded. Veterans were informed that an appointment book listing their last names and last four digits of their Social Security numbers was discovered missing on July 14 and has not been found. “Our top priority is to…
Health industry lacks patient data safeguards: poll
Alina Selyukh reports: New technologies are flooding into the healthcare world, but the industry is not adequately prepared to protect patients from data breaches, according to a report published on Thursday. A vast majority of hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and insurers are eager to adapt to increasingly digital patient data. However, less than half are addressing…