Michael Riley reports: Citigroup Inc. (C), E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC), Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Inc. and Regions Financial Corp. were attacked by the same hackers that breached JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), according to a person familiar with the matter. At least one of those companies — E*Trade — was targeted last year and subsequently…
Month: October 2014
The Evolution Store notifying customers of payment card and info breach (UPDATED)
As submitted to the California Attorney General’s website: Evolution Nature Corp., d/b/a The Evolution Store (“Evolution”), is writing to inform you of a data incident that may affect the security of your personal information. We are unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of your personal information but are nevertheless providing notice of this incident…
VA: Richmond school officials investigate security breach involving student files
Zachary Reid reports: Richmond school officials are conducting an intensive internal investigation of student records after a School Board member shared confidential information about at least 20 students with a vendor that provides mental health services. Tichi L. Pinkney Eppes, of the 9th District, publicly apologized a day after her colleagues were told about the…
8000+ Hacker Disclaimers
Courtesy of Cryptome.org, the language companies use in their SEC filings if you search for “hacker:” https://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp?search_ text=hacker&sort=Date&startDoc=1&numResults=10&isAdv=false&formType=1& fromDate=mm/dd/yyyy&toDate=mm/dd/yyyy Search for “hacker” 1 – 20 of over 8000+ results (includes those named “Hacker”)
California Extends Deadline for Reporting Breaches to the CDPH from 5 to 15 Business Days
Cory J. Fox writes: On September 18, 2014, California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed Assembly Bill 1755 (“AB1755”) into law, amending breach notification provisions in the California Health and Safety Code applicable to licensed clinics, health facilities, home health agencies, and hospices. Under existing law, certain health care entities licensed by the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”),…
Lawsuit against Alere dismissed; CMIA claims continue to fail
Back in November 2012, this blog noted a breach affecting 100,000 patients whose information was on a laptop stolen from an Alere Home Monitoring employee’s car. A lawsuit subsequently followed. Now Law360 reports that a California federal judge threw out the proposed class action lawsuit, finding – as previous courts have also held – that the negligent release of…