George V. Hulme writes: Last summer, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra asked the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help accelerate the federal government’s secure adoption of cloud computing by leading efforts to develop cloud standards and guidelines. And NIST just delivered. The agency published two new draft documents on cloud computing. The first…
Author: Dissent
“S3” ring members indicted; cybercrime ring victimized hundreds
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced indictments of 27 individuals in connection with “S3,” a credit card forgery and identity theft ring based in Brooklyn that compromised hundreds of bank accounts, and fraudulently purchased Apple products from stores around the country to resell for profit. According to documents filed in court and…
CT: Theft ring using stolen credit card numbers to load up on QVC goodies
Daniel Tepfer reports: A ring of teenagers and adults have been using stolen credit card numbers to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars of gold jewelry from a national shopping network, which they then have delivered to vacant homes around the city, police said Wednesday. […] Podpolucha said Espinell told them he contacted the stolen…
LA: Credit Card Fraud Ring Involved McDonald’s Employee Who Skimmed Cards
Investigators working as part of the Louisiana Financial Crimes Task Force have concluded a three month investigation into numerous credit card fraud complaints received from St. Tammany Parish residents. The investigation has revealed approximately 57 victims with an estimated financial loss of over $50,000 and has resulted in eight suspects facing numerous fraud charges. During…
Texas Children’s Hospital informed they may have had security breach
On December 29, Texas Children’s Hospital was notified by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office that its Accounts Payable system may have suffered a security breach. Names and Social Security Numbers of some employees and vendors who received checks between 1999 and 2011 may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party and the information…
HIPAA Compliance Investigations And The Insider Threat
Last month I noted a privacy complaint involving Rowan Regional Medical Center in North Carolina. OCR’s investigation into the complaint has reportedly been re-opened. Rebecca Herold offers her thoughts on why OCR might have re-opened the complaint: […] I was recently contacted by someone who had a question about a recent HIPAA complaint against Rowan…