Kentucky-based OneStopParking has also disclosed a data breach. You can read a copy of their notification letter to consumers on the Vermont Attorney General’s web site (pdf).
Month: January 2015
St. Louis County Dept. of Health investigates HIPAA breach involving inmates
Paul Hampel reports: St. Louis County officials are investigating a violation of federal health privacy law involving a health department employee who allegedly mishandled email information of inmates at the county jail. The county said the employee emailed a document to the employee’s personal account containing names and social security numbers of some inmates from…
France sees 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage
Jamey Keaten and Sylvie Corbet of AP report: Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said Thursday as the president tried to calm the nation’s inflamed religious tensions. Read more on Army Times.
NL: Patient records stolen from UMC Groningen
Taneli Savela reports: Medical records from the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) that were supposed to be destroyed, ended up in the spotlight on regional broadcaster RTV Noord. The program shows the workers of the employment company Synergon handling old x-rays carelessly. Synergon has reported the theft to the police. UMCG uses a company named Virol to…
5 Colleges With Data Breaches Larger Than Sony’s in 2014
Kyle McCarthy points out that there were at least five colleges that had breaches larger than Sony’s breach in 2014. So he made a list? Why is there absolutely NO mention of the fact that no federal agency enforces data security in the education sector? Isn’t THAT the bigger atory?
NY: A.G. Schneiderman Proposes Bill To Strengthen Data Security Laws, Protect Consumers From Growing Threat Of Data Breaches
From the now-we’re-talking-sense dept.: NEW YORK—Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that he would propose legislation in Albany to overhaul New York State’s data security law and require new and unprecedented safeguards for the personal data of consumers. Currently, New York State does not have a law directly requiring entities to institute data security…