When Bruce Forsyth shouted ‘nice to see you, to see you nice’ from the glass staircase of a celebrity-laden boat anchored on the Thames, many viewers felt this was the low point in the BBC’s lavishly funded General Election night coverage. The Strictly Come Dancing host was one of more than 100 guests, including thespians…
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WellPoint Security Breach Put At Risk Information For 470,000 Nationwide
The latest revelations on the Anthem/Wellpoint breach raise some questions for this blogger. Matthew Sturdevant reports that the recently disclosed Anthem breach may affect many more than the 230,000 recently reported: An online security breach put at risk the personal, financial and medical information of 470,000 WellPoint customers nationwide, including 5,600 in Connecticut, customers are…
FTC Obtains Court Order Halting International Scheme Responsible For More Than $10 Million In Unauthorized Charges On Consumers’ Credit and Debit Cards
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted an elaborate international scheme that used identity theft to place more than $10 million in bogus charges on consumers’ credit and debit cards, pending a trial. More than a million consumers were hit with one-time charges of $10 or less, and their…
WellPoint Security Breach Put At Risk Information For 470,000 Nationwide, Including 5,600 In Connecticut
Matthew Sturdevant reports that the recently disclosed Anthem breach may affect many more than the 230,000 recently reported. An online security breach put at risk the personal, financial and medical information of 470,000 WellPoint customers nationwide, including 5,600 in Connecticut, customers are learning this week in notification letters from the company. The breach only affects…
ACLU sues state over police raid on Ketchikan clinic
Jason Lamb reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska says there’s no excuse for the state to violate medical-records privacy laws. The group filed a lawsuit against the state Monday, claiming it ordered a recent police raid of the A Woman’s Place clinic in Ketchikan. The lawsuit says police confiscated about 400 medical records…
UK: Doctors in database boycott threat
Doctors are threatening to boycott the NHS’s electronic patient database amid fears of security breaches. Plans to upload all personal medical records on to a centrally-stored network have been met by controversy since they were announced by the last Government. Now GPs in the North East are fighting the proposals by saying they will not…