The recent update to the HHS breach tool made me aware of a breach involving Georgetown University Hospital that affected over 1,500 patients. The following statement was issued by Georgetown University Hospital, who kindly provided this site with a copy of the notification: A USB thumb drive storing patient information was recently determined to be…
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Cn: Dangdang Freezes Accounts After Hacking Incident
DangDang, a Chinese e-commerce firm that had confirmed a breach in December 2011, is now freezing accounts. Citing the Beijing Daily, CRIEnglish.com reports that the firm shut down all account activity from March 19-22 to give users time to change their account names and passwords following “the incidents.” Dangdang said during an investigation to check…
Hacker, suspected of 6 million user CSDN info leak, detained
Zhao Wen of The Shanghai Daily reports that a suspect has been detained in the CSDN breach that made headlines in December: The suspect surnamed Zeng was held in Wenzhou, eastern Zhejiang Province on February 4 after Beijing police opened an investigation into the case on December 22, the paper said. The leak, considered the…
Ph: Senate approves Data Privacy Act on 3rd reading
ABS-CBN News reports: The Senate on Tuesday passed the Data Privacy Act (Senate Bill No. 2965) on third and final reading. The bill, authored by Sen. Edgardo Angara, mandates public and private entities to protect and preserve the integrity, security and confidentiality of personal data collected in its operations. It emphasizes the importance of compliying…
UK: 8,000 students caught up in email security breach
Graeme Paton reports: The details of more than 8,000 students were sent out by Student Finance England as part of a mass email distribution following a blunder by staff. Last night, the agency apologised for the error which they put down an administrative error. It has since contacted all students involved to assure them that…
Good news for breached entities: it won’t cost you as much and customers are less likely to leave – Ponemon study
The new Ponemon study, 2011 Cost of a Data Breach Study has some interesting findings. From the executive summary: The cost of a data breach declined. For the first time in seven years, both the organizational cost of data breach and the cost per lost or stolen record have declined. The organizational cost has declined from…