Illinois-headquartered Flexible Benefit Service Corporation (“Flex”) is a general agency and benefit administrator serving insurance brokers, employers and insurance carriers. As such, they are a Business Associate to HIPAA-covered entities. The follow is from their notification of a security incident that was reported to HHS on February 16, as impacting 5,123 people. Flex does not indicate…
Month: March 2018
MY: MCMC and security firm ordered to file defence on data leak (Updated)
Vathani Panirchellvum reports: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Nuemera Sdn Bhd, a data security company have been asked to file their defence over a data leak case involving 46.2 million telco subscribers. The Session Courts today instructed MCMC and Nuemera to file their defence against the civil suit brought by PKR communications…
In: NEET medicos details leaked
A section of students who wrote the NEET-PG 2018 examinations on January 7 has alleged that the personal data of over 22,250 students were leaked by the National Board of Examinations (NBE), which conducted the examinations. The students, who made the allegation in an e-mail sent to this newspaper, has also sent the screen…
NC: County employees targets of malware attack
Max Seng reports: Catawba County services employees were the subject of a malware attack discovered in October, according to Catawba County Director of Communications Amy McCauley. Upon learning of the attack, the county launched a forensic investigation conducted by a third-party investigator specializing in cybersecurity. The security breach was detected in the payroll and human…
N.C. Attorney General, State Representative Drafting Bipartisan Bill To Combat Security Breaches
Kathleen Bradshaw Burchette of Nexsen Pruet writes: While some may be wringing their hands over members of the legislature who just can’t seem to get along, North Carolinians have reason to hope that bipartisanship is not a thing of the past. On Jan. 8, 2018, Democratic Atty. Gen. Josh Stein and Republican State Rep. Jason Saine said…
Pennsylvania’s attorney general sues Uber over 2016 data breach
Harper Neidig reports that the Pennsylvania Attorney General is suing Uber over its 2016 data breach. The following is the state’s press release: HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc. for violating Pennsylvania’s data breach notification law. Uber knew for more than a year that a data breach potentially impacting…