Back in January, I noted that the ICO was preparing to levy a huge fine on Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust after hard drives with patient data were stolen and put up for sale on eBay. We later learned that the thief was an employee of a contractor. The possibility of the fine was revealed by the…
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NHS Trust fined £325,000 following data breach; Trust "frankly surprised" at fine and intends to appeal
Back in January, I noted that the ICO was preparing to levy a huge fine on Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust after hard drives with patient data were stolen and put up for sale on eBay. We later learned that the thief was an employee of a contractor. The possibility of the fine…
FL: Mount Sinai Hospital employee charged with theft of patients’ IDs
Is it just my perception or are reports of insider breaches increasing? Jay Weaver reports: An employee of Mount Sinai Hospital has been arrested on identity-theft charges accusing her of stealing hundreds of patients’ Social Security numbers and other personal information, federal authorities said Thursday. Keiondra Sheri Williams, 29, of Miami Gardens, had worked as…
If There is Credit Card Fraud, There Must Have Been a Breach
Craig Hoffman writes: As we reported in December 2010, after an online merchant suffered chargeback losses of almost $12,000 on nine fraudulent orders, it sued the bank that issued the nine cards that were fraudulently used alleging that the most likely cause of the fraud was a data security breach at the bank that the bank ignored….
New Math, data breaches version
As a survivor of New Math, it’s somewhat amazing that I’m willing to deal with numbers or math at all. Yet, here I am, with a simple equation as today’s New Math: UNCC + UN = time for regulation Simple, elegant, and somewhat nonsensical as a math equation, but two recent education sector breaches do…
Sen. Franken: Encrypt laptops with medical info
Associated Press reports: U.S. Sen. Al Franken said Wednesday he plans to pursue legislation or federal regulations requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after presiding over a hearing on aggressive debt collection practices in several Minnesota hospitals. Read more on Washington Examiner. Why stop at laptops? What about other mobile devices? Security…