Law360 reports: An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action alleging that Neiman Marcus Group LLC negligently failed to protect 350,000 customers’ credit card information prior to a 2013 hack into the high-end department store’s servers, ruling the plaintiffs had lacked Article III standing. Granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss, U.S. District…
Month: September 2014
House Oversight Hearing on Tiversa postponed?
The hearing originally scheduled for today no longer appears on their schedule and has apparently been postponed.
GAO report notes progress in Healthcare.gov, but significant problems remain
GAO has released a report on Healthcare.gov. Here are some of the highlights of the report: While CMS has taken steps to protect the security and privacy of data processed and maintained by the complex set of systems and interconnections that support Healthcare.gov, weaknesses remain both in the processes used for managing information security and…
ACT testing company inadvertently releases information on Colorado Springs-area students
Debbie Kelly reports: The ACT national college entrance exam testing company is working to resolve a breach of personal information that happened last weekend involving Colorado Springs-area students. While attempting to change the test date for a Colorado Springs site on Sept. 13, the company said it inadvertently shared students’ personal information with other students….
Phoenix VA official may have broken privacy law
Rebekah L. Sanders reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating whether a top employee in Phoenix violated patient-privacy law when he sent an e-mail to staffers about a veteran’s suicide highlighted in a political ad by U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. Glenn Costie, acting director of the Phoenix VA Healthcare System, sent the e-mail…
300,000 K Box users’ information hacked and leaked by hackers protesting toll charges increase
Irene Tham reports: Attempts to fix the website of troubled karaoke bar chain K Box after the personal data of over 300,000 customers was exposed on Tuesday have led to the website being intermittently unavailable today. A company representative said its technical staff has been testing its computer systems, but did not provide details. […]…