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Author: Dissent

Vermont tax department says risk of ID theft is minimal after social security numbers posted

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dissent

From the Burlington Free Press: The Vermont Department of Taxes said Wednesday it has identified all parties who were able to access residents’ social security numbers inadvertently posted online. The last party was identified a day after the tax department said three parties were able to access the numbers. The website displayed the Social Security…

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AU: Security leak sees ANZ pull down cyber shutters

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dissent

Another self-inflicted problem associated with restoring services, it seems. Natasha Bita reports: Bank customers have been sent strangers’ account details by mistake in a cyber security breach under investigation by the Privacy Commissioner. ANZ Bank has shut down its online bank statement service indefinitely after customers were given the wrong account statements this week. An…

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Ohio court: no private cause of action under HIPAA

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dissent

HIPAA trumps state law and permits entity to disclose information in securing payment, and there is no private cause of action under HIPAA: OhioHealth Corp. v. Ryan. h/t, @PrivacyProf

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Saudi denies bank info breach by Israeli hackers (updated)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dissent

Tarek El-Tablawy reports: A top Saudi banking official on Tuesday denied an Israeli media report that hackers from Israel obtained credit card and bank account details of thousands of Saudi citizens, retaliating for an attack on Israeli accounts. Talaat Hafez, secretary-general of the media office in the kingdom’s banking authority, denied a report by the…

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Update: FBI interviews patient about alleged Prime Healthcare upcoding, privacy breach

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dissent

Karen M. Cheung has more on the Prime Healthcare case, reporting that the FBI has interviewed the patient who gave her records to California Watch. While much of the report concerns the original focus of possible fraudulent billing of Medicare, some of the story concerns the privacy aspects. Reading it, you can understand why Prime…

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Cn: CSDN “hack” was an insider leak, and many other reported “hacks” were fabricated leaks – authorities

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dissent

China Daily reports: Four people have been detained by police and eight others punished after they were found guilty of fabricating a massive leak of online personal data by hackers over the past month in China, the country’s Internet watchdog announced Tuesday. China’s leading anti-virus software provider, Beijing-based Qihoo 360, claimed in late December that…

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