AP reports: A Missouri Republican wants to require preschools and daycare centers to tell parents if there are other children attending who have not been vaccinated against measles or other illnesses. The bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Diane Franklin of Camdenton would require public and private daycares, nursery schools and preschools to inform parents when…
Month: February 2015
Private Health Info Lost, Law Provides No Recourse
Jenna Susko, Julie Putnam and Jeremy Carroll report: When Don Thorvund unexpectedly got hurt on the job, he went through the proper channels to get treatment through a workers’ compensation claim. But when he opened the envelope for what he thought was his settlement documents, he found someone else’s worker’s compensation paperwork. The documents included…
Bulk Reef Supply web site compromised between July 2014 – January 2015
Security update from Bulk Reef Supply: February 18, 2015 We want to express our sincere regret to the customers of Bulk Reef Supply whose personal information was stolen from our website server. BulkReefSupply.com (“BRS”) learned of a data security incident caused by an outside hacker intrusion to its website. While we are continuing to investigate…
Accused British hacker, wanted for crimes in US, won’t give up crypto keys
Cyrus Farivar reports: An alleged British hacker who has criminal charges pending in three American federal districts is preparing to petition a Suffolk County, United Kingdom court to compel the National Crime Agency (NCA) to return his encrypted seized computers and storage devices. The BBC reported Friday that Lauri Love “will petition Bury St Edmunds…
Sen. Menendez Calls For Privacy Bill To Protect Consumers In Case Of Data Breaches
CBS reports: U.S. Sen.Robert Menendez and Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.) announced Friday that they plan to reintroduce a Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights to improve protection for consumer data. Menendez originally called for the bill after a major data breach that affected Target stores during the holiday shopping season in 2013. Numerous other high-profile data…
Lime Crime’s Website Is Hacked, Customer Information Stolen
Kate Dries reports: The website for the vegan makeup company Lime Crime, whose wares are sold by Urban Outfitters and Nasty Gal, among others, admitted they’d been hacked earlier this week and that customer information has been compromised. But customers are up in arms over the way the site handled telling them that – or…