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TX: Plano Couple Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud in State and Federal Probe

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dissent

The following news release was issued by the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas on Sept. 1, 2011: Joanna Jones Ellis Kemp, 68, and her husband, Peter A. Kemp, 67, both of Plano, Texas, each appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez and pleaded guilty to…

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Dutch Government: Websites’ Safety Not Guaranteed

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dissent

Toby Sterling of Associated Press reports on a breach that does not directly involve personally identifiable information, but has great potential to do so: The Dutch government said Saturday it cannot guarantee the security of its own websites, days after the private company it uses to authenticate them admitted it was hacked. An official also…

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Breach Notification: Time for a Wake Up Call

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dissent

Mark G. McCreary has an article on CIO Insight, “Breach Notification: Time for a Wake Up Call,” that discusses how the Epsilon breach produced a seismic change in what kinds of breaches now get reported. You can read his article here.

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Luton Borough Council improves security after detecting a flaw in their protocols (updated)

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dissent

There was no press release issued, but the Information Commissioner’s Office site notes: An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Luton Borough Council. This follows a self reported breach concerning a flaw in the encryption function of a number of Council issue memory sticks. The flaw could allow memory…

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UK: Children’s case files found in second-hand furniture shop

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dissent

From the ICO: The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) breached the Data Protection Act by failing to keep sensitive information about the welfare of young people secure in two separate incidents, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The first incident happened in September last year when nine case files were mistakenly left in a…

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Texas Police Chief Association suffers data breach, with sensitive documents and emails published

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dissent

Dan Raywood reports: The Texas Police Chief Association was hacked last night with classified information leaked along with private emails from police. While the website is currently down, with only a message displayed that reads ‘our site is currently offline for maintenance and updates, please check back tomorrow’, Anonymous has claimed responsibility for the attack but a statement did…

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