Matt Robinson reports that Morgan Stanley has been fined $1 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle allegations that it failed to protect customer data improperly taken by a former financial adviser, Galen Marsh. Marsh pleaded guilty in September, 2015 to making thousands of unauthorized searches on his employer’s system and to copying information on…
Month: June 2016
Ca: Eastern Health Authority reports stolen doctor’s briefcase contained patient files
Eastern Health Authority in Newfoundland has reported a second breach in three months. This one involves the theft of a physician’s briefcase. Their statement: June 8, 2016 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advised today that it has experienced an accidental breach of privacy of 34 of its patients. The accidental breach occurred when a physician’s car…
Second Circuit Holds Insurers Have Duty to Defend Data Trap Lawsuit
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP write: In its recent decision in Nat’l Fire Ins. Co. v. E. Mishan & Sons, Inc., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10151 (2d Cir. June 1, 2016), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, applying New York law, had occasion to consider the application of an exclusion…
UK: ICO issues £150,000 monetary penalty to Dyfed-Powys Police over data protection breach
It’s one of those “small breaches, big potential harm situations.” The Dyfed-Powys Police force has been fined£150,000 after an email containing information that could be used to identify eight sex offenders was sent to a member of the public in error. The monetary penalty notice explains that the community member’s email address (an external email) was…
uTorrent forums hacked, change your passwords
Ernesto writes: The uTorrent community forums have been hacked, exposing the private details of hundreds of thousands of users. The hackers were able to get their hands on the user database, and a warning issued by the software maker says that passwords should be considered compromised. With well over 150 million active users a month…
Washington marijuana applicants’ personal info subject to data breach
Ben Livingston reports: The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is working to notify marijuana license applicants whose personal information was accidentally distributed by the agency in response to a public records request. The data may include social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, tax information and attorney-client privileged information. The LCB had redacted…