March 1, 2016 Subject: Stolen Laptop On January 4, 2016, Centers Plan for Healthy Living learned that on or about January 1, 2016 a laptop was stolen from its corporate offices. It is suspected that the laptop may have contained a file which included the name, address, date of birth, Medicaid number and/or Medicare number,…
Month: March 2016
FINRA fines Raymond James $500,000
Linn Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: Financial services firm Raymond James Financial Services Inc. (Raymond James) has agreed to settle an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for $500,000. The investigation stems from allegations that Raymond James requested that new financial advisers disclose and bring confidential customer information to Raymond James when…
More details emerge on DOJ probe of Tiversa, company involved in FTC v. LabMD
When I’m right, I’m right. The DOJ did raid Tiversa. DataBreaches.net was subsequently able to get additional details from a source. But first start with this report from Reuters’ Joel Schechtman: Federal agents are investigating whether cyber-security firm Tiversa gave the government falsified information about data breaches at companies that declined to purchase its data protection…
Topeka business fined $70,000 for dumping personal information in trash
There’s a follow-up to a breach I had noted on this blog in 2014. Release Date: Mar 15, 2016 TOPEKA – (March 15, 2016) – A business that dumped more than 900 files containing unredacted personal information of its customers and others will pay a hefty fine to settle claims that it violated Kansas consumer privacy…
UKTV executive sacked after stealing huge cache of confidential TV data from media regulator
Patrick Foster reports: A television company that is part-owned by the BBC has sacked one of its executives, after he offered to provide them with a huge cache of confidential broadcasting data stolen from Ofcom, the media regulator. UKTV, which operates channels such as Dave and Gold, is understood to have been offered six years’…
Hacker group Anonymous begins releasing personal information on Donald Trump
Matt Levin reports: Hacker group Anonymous declared war on Donald Trump this week. On Thursday, they started releasing personal information on the Republican front-runner for president. The group allegedly has posted Trump’s Social Security number and his phone number on the site Pastebin. The cyber-attack also claims to have published the phone numbers his agent…