After BCBS of Tennessee had that horribly time-consuming and costly breach involving 57 tapes with oodles of personal and protected health information that they had to wade through, they apparently learned their lesson. Howard Anderson writes: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, which experienced a health information breach affecting nearly 1 million individuals in 2009, has completed the encryption of all…
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Bank recovers some of $28K stolen from Eliot account – but was this crime preventable?
OK, now this is somewhat disturbing: it appears that even when a bank was warned that accounts were about to be raided, they failed to prevent it. David Ramsay reports: TD Bank has notified the town it has recovered a portion of the $28,000 stolen on July 12 from the town’s direct deposit bank account….
Data stolen from 35 million South Korean social networking users
Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have broken into the popular South Korean websites Nate and Cyworld earlier this week, and stolen information about 35 million social networking users. Names, email addresses, phone numbers and resident registration numbers of users are said to have been compromised. The BBC reports that the Korean Communications Commission has pointed the finger…
Commentary: Belmont bank must pay fine for data breach, but was a fine too harsh?
Greg Turner reports: Belmont Savings Bank agreed to pay $7,500 in a settlement of a consumer data breach case with the state attorney general’s office. In May, the bank lost an unencrypted computer tape containing the personal information of more than 13,000 customers. A bank employee left the backup tape on a desk instead of…
BET24.com breach highlights needs for greater disclosure in a timely fashion
BET24.com responded to an e-mail inquiry I sent them about their recent breach disclosure. Their response did not actually answer all of my questions (no surprise there), but did confirm that they knew about the breach in December 2009. Here is there statement to DataBreaches.net: Thanks for your mail about the security breach, a case…
Man sentenced in Sacramento for massive ID theft scheme
A Long Beach man accused of conducting a massive identity theft scheme was sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento to more than 12 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced That Tien Truong Nguyen, 34, to 12 years and seven months in prison for conspiring to commit computer fraud and…