David Morrison reports: A second credit union has filed a legal complaint against Target over losses it said it sustained as a result of the firm’s card data breach late last year. The $38 million First Choice Federal Credit Union, headquartered in New Castle, Pa., filed its complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District…
Month: February 2014
Turkish ISP TTNet and other carriers hacked by RedHack – claim
The Turkish hacktivist collective RedHack claims to have hacked Turkish ISP TTNET as well as mobile operator Vodafone and Turkcell. They announced the hack this afternoon: Customer data of ISP TTNET, mobile operator Vodafone and Turkcell infiltrated and vast amount of data collected from the systems. + — RedHack_EN (@RedHack_EN) February 3, 2014 They also claim…
1,800 University of California – Davis Medical Center patients notified of breach after 3 clinicians fall for phishing scheme
The University of California Davis Medical Center has sent out notification letters to patients affected by a breach that occurred in December. In a letter dated January 30, Shara Merritt Reed, Privacy Program Director for the UC Davis Health System, writes that UCDHS recently learned that a medical provider’s email account was compromised by a…
Data for 685 Fairfax students mistakenly posted online
T. Rees Shapiro reports that Fairfax County School District has had yet another breach involving student data: Personal information for hundreds of Fairfax County public school students was mistakenly posted on the school system’s Web site, exposing their school identification numbers, birth dates, home addresses and phone numbers in what parents described as a breach…
82% of Health IT Executives Report Their Organizations Are Not Prepared for the Unexpected
Some intriguing statistics in this survey. I’ll have to find time to reach the actual study before I can comment, though. MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of health and government IT, today announced the results of its new report, “Rx: ITaaS + Trust.” Healthcare IT executives agree trusted IT solutions play…
KR: Insurance firms leak personal data
Kim Rahn reports: Financial authorities have found customer information was leaked from not only credit card companies but also insurance firms. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Monday it found Prudential Life Insurance provided clients’ personal information to outsiders by granting them the right to access the firm’s intranet. […] According to the FSC’s recent…