The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new guidance explaining how the HIPAA Privacy Rule operates to protect individuals’ privacy rights with respect to their mental health information and in what circumstances the Privacy Rule permits health care providers to communicate with patients’ family members and others to enhance treatment and assure…
Month: February 2014
CalRecycle notifies employees after e-mail breach disclosed their Social Security numbers
California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), which is under the Department of Environmental Protection, is notifying employees of a recent breach involving Social Security numbers. The text of the letter to employees, which has been uploaded to the California Attorney General’s public breach list, explains: On January 23, 2014, the Human Resources Office…
UK: Police arrest two involved in Aviva data leak
Andrew Pearce reported on Feb. 13: Aviva has sacked two members of staff after customer claims information and car details may have been accessed or disclosed to third party companies. The insurer confirmed that when the “illegal activity” was identified, the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department was immediately contacted. And the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)…
Queens, N.Y., Men Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Large-Scale Atm Skimming Scheme Targeting New Jersey Bank Customers
Two Romanian natives residing in Queens, N.Y., were sentenced today to prison terms for a scheme to steal account information from bank customers throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut by installing secret card-reading devices on ATMs, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Ioan Leusca, a/k/a “Ionel Spinu,” 30, and Dezso Gyapias, a/k/a “Valentin Folea,”…
Two Sigma Analyst Charged With Confidential Data Theft
Chris Dolmetsch and Tiffany Kary report: An employee of Two Sigma Investments LLC, an $18 billion quantitative hedge fund, was charged by New York prosecutors with stealing computer data from the company, the latest in a growing number of proprietary financial firm theft cases brought by the Manhattan district attorney. Two Sigma sued Kang Gao,…
Church of Cyprus Hacked, 1,000 Account credentials leaked
Yesterday a hacker using the handle @security_511 posted a leak of data from the Church of Cyprus website ( https://www.churchofcyprus.org.cy/ ). The breach was announced on twitter and leaked data has been posted to pastebin. The Church of Cyprus website is the official website for the church and appears to just be a base for holding information…