Time Warner Cable Inc has had its main website for its cable service hacked and left defaced with its embarrassing administration password. The attack has been carried out by members of NullCrew who have announced it on twitter and posted a screen capture to freezepage> Time Warner Cable: supportcenter.timewarnercable.com:8888/sdcxuser/ @youranonnews @thehackersnews @cyber_war_news @anonymousirc @anonymousopsirc @officialhmei7 — NullCrew (@NullCrew_FTS) March 6,…
Month: March 2013
HIPAA Omnibus: Gaps In Privacy?
Although the HIPAA Omnibus Rule is a step in the right direction for protecting health information, the regulation still leaves large privacy gaps, says patient advocate Deborah Peel, M.D. “HIPAA Omnibus finally affirmed that states can pass laws that are tougher than HIPAA, and that’s really good news because HIPAA is so full of flaws and defects that…
HHS update to breach tool shows laptop theft is not a thing of the past, Part 1
HHIS updated its breach tool this week, adding a baker’s dozen of incidents. Significantly, 6 of the 13 involved stolen laptops while 3 others involved theft or loss of electronic devices. Two of the 13 incidents were already known through either media coverage or reports to a state’s attorney general. In both cases, HHS’s breach…
Does being coy with the media pay or does the lack of transparency hurt reputation more?
Personally, I detest it when entities won’t disclose any many people were notified or affected by a breach. It’s one of the few times that I think the “nothing to hide” argument applies. When it comes to healthcare sector breaches affecting more than 500, refusal to disclose to the media makes even less sense to…
LinkedIn Wins Dismissal of Privacy Lawsuit in California
Joel Rosenblatt reports: LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), the biggest online professional-networking service, won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it failed to follow industry standards and its own promises in encrypting user password information. The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in San Jose, California, followed the company’s website being hacked and 6.5 million member passwords being posted…
The Words Organizations Use In Their Data Breach Notices
George Jenkins creates word clouds from breach notices over on I’ve Been Mugged.