A template of Anthem’s letter to affected members has been submitted to, and uploaded by, the California Attorney General’s Office. You can read it here (pdf).
Month: February 2015
Kaiser Permanente notifies Hawaii members of pharmacy records breach
Chelsea Jensen reports: Thousands of patients who filled prescriptions at Kaiser Permanente’s Kona pharmacy may have had some of their personal information compromised earlier this year. Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is notifying a total of 6,600 patients who filled prescriptions at the Kailua-Kona pharmacy on Hualalai Road between Dec. 31, 2012, and Aug. 31, 2013, of…
UK: Data protection laws broken 13 times by Companies House
Alun Jones reports: Confidential and personal details were sent to the wrong people by staff at Companies House in Cardiff, BBC Wales has learned. A Freedom of Information request revealed 13 breaches of data protection law at the agency’s headquarters in 2014. Read more on BBC.
PCI Says “No Version Of SSL” Acceptable: What Does This Mean For You?
Jason Bouwmeester reports: The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has released a bulletin regarding the use of SSL for data protection on the Internet. In the bulletin, the Council states that SSL – a protocol for providing secure communications – is no longer acceptable for secure transactions. This has left many people wondering what…
The Black Market For Stolen Health Care Data
Aarti Shahani sat down with Greg Virgin, CEO of the security firm RedJack, to discuss the black market for stolen health care data: After poking around for about an hour, we come across an advertisement by someone selling Medicare IDs. We’re not revealing the site address or name because we don’t want the dealer to know we’re…
The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions
Sabrina I. Pacifici writes: The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions “In November and December of 2013, cybercriminals breached the data security of Target, one of the largest U.S. retail chains, stealing the personal and financial information of millions of customers. On December 19, 2013, Target confirmed that some 40 million credit…