Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York recently notified 705 individuals of a breach following an e-mail error by a home employee. According to their letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of July 13, on April 29, the employee sent an encrypted email to a third-party…
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(Update) Hospital: No evidence of patient data breach
Evelyn King reports: The country’s busiest hospital has said it has no evidence that any patient information has been accessed or disclosed without authorisation. Tallaght Hospital in Dublin, who issued a statement last night, said it had notified the Data Protection Commissioner’s office about unsubstantiated allegations about unauthorised disclosure of personal data and the steps…
Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant breach raises issues of law enforcement’s role in notifying the public (updated)
Brandon Scott reports that authorities have now named the source of a rash of card fraud reports in Huntsville, Texas. But what may be most significant about the news report is its focus on how law enforcement decided whether to – or when – reveal the point of compromise: … Huntsville Police Department, Walker County…
IE: Data commissioner to examine Tallaght breach
The Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed that he has received a preliminary verbal report from Tallaght Hospital, concerning a potential data security breach. The telephone report to the Commissioner was made by the hospital yesterday evening, after a series of questions were put to the hospital by RTÉ News, concerning the supply of medical records…
How Fast Is Fast Enough to Tell Customers About Data Breaches?
Sue Reisinger writes on Corporate Counsel: In financial data breaches, timing is almost everything. On June 13 a federal court held Comerica Bank liable for data breach losses even though it notified the customer and stopped all account activity within six hours. Two days later Citigroup Inc. was explaining why it took nearly a month…
Former JPMorgan Chase Banker Pleads Guilty to ID Theft
The press release from Manhattan District Attorney Vance: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of HAO “HOWIE” WANG, 28, for stealing more than $1.1 million from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPMC”) and stealing the identities of four victims. WANG pled guilty to Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Identity…