Speaking of notifying consumers about a breach, the House of Commons – Home Affairs Committee report, “Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications,” was released yesterday and notes how mobile operators failed their customers by not notifying them that their privacy and records had been breached: However, the companies cannot escape criticism completely. Neither…
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IL: Crystal Lake District 47 sues Home State Bank to recover hacking losses
Sarah Sutschek reports on another interesting case to follow in the courts: About two years after losing more than $300,000 when its computer system was hacked, Crystal Lake District 47 is suing Home State Bank. The lawsuit, filed in McHenry County, seeks $306,014 and “whatever other relief this court deems appropriate.” According to the lawsuit,…
House panel approves data breach notification bill
More on the wrangling over the SAFE Act this morning, from Grant Gross: The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s trade subcommittee approved the Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (SAFE Data Act) by a voice vote Wednesday, after hours of debate on the legislation. Democrats on the subcommittee offered several amendments in an effort to broaden the…
SAFE Data Act Passes Out of Commerce Subcommittee
John Eggerton reports: The SAFE Data Act passed out of the House commerce, Manufacturing & Trade Subcommittee Wednesday after procedural wrangling and partisan divisiveness over an issue everyone agrees on: there need to be more uniform laws on data privacy protection and breach notification. The big divide is over what personally identifiable information (PII) should…
(Update) Yellowstone County website hack did expose personal information
The Laurel Outlook reports: Yellowstone County officials confirmed Tuesday that a security breach of the county website may have exposed account information. According to release issued Tuesday by the Yellowstone County Commission, investigators have discovered that the motor vehicle electronic payment account information may have been exposed when a hacker penetrated the system on July…
WA: Social Security Numbers of 20,000 Swedish Med. Ctr. employees exposed on the web for 9 weeks
Carol M. Ostrom reports: Swedish Medical Center is alerting nearly 20,000 current and former employees that their personal information — including Social Security numbers — was accidentally made accessible on the Internet for a nine-week period. Read more on Seattle Times. A notice to employees, on an internal page of the medical center’s web site reads: July 20,…