TBO reports: Tampa General Hospital terminated an employee who improperly accessed the personal information of 675 patients. Without authorization, the employee accessed single-page cover sheets that included patient names, addresses, birthdays, diagnoses and insurers, a hospital official said. Some of the sheets included social security numbers. The hospital is not sure what happened to all…
Month: September 2014
NY: Saks workers caught binge shopping with customer cards
Jamie Schram and Bob Fredericks report: A crew of Saks Fifth Avenue employees was busted after they charged at least $400,000 worth of luxury shoes, handbags and other items using customers’ stolen credit card numbers, authorities said Wednesday. Six workers at the Midtown fashion Mecca swiped credit card data from 22 customers in a spending…
With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce
A really thought-provoking piece on Vox this week, written by a biologist who used 23andMe – and had his parents use it, too. To his surprise, he discovered he had a half-sibling. And the revelation broke his family apart. Read the story on Vox.
SC: William Jennings Bryan Dorn V.A. sued over breach (updated)
The breach involving the William Jennings Bryan Dorn, South Carolina. veterans’ hospital was reported in the media on September 8. By September 11, a potential class action lawsuit had been filed. WISTV reports: The Mike Kelly Law Group filed the suit in U.S. District Court siting [sic] Dorn and the Veteran’s Administration violated the U.S….
The Federal Trade Commission’s Role in Online Security: Data Protector or Dictator?
Alden Abbott writes: Abstract Over the past decade, the Federal Trade Commission, the federal government’s primary consumer protection agency, has pursued over 50 enforcement actions against companies that it deemed had “inadequate” data security practices. However, data security costs due to FTC actions will be passed on at least in part to consumers and should…
Ernst & Young accused by Canadian of massive data breach
Ellen Messmer reports: A used computer dealer in Canada claims he discovered a trove of Ernst & Young customer business data on Dell servers bought back in 2006 — and he wants the global consultancy to pay him to return the data. But is the breach for real or just a hoax? Mark Morris, who…