Linda McGlasson reports: In another round of bank vs. customer, a Maine business has sued its bank, alleging that the institution failed to prevent fraudulent ACH transactions totaling more than $500,000. Patco, a Sanford, Maine-based construction company, had its corporate bank account raided over a six-day period last May by cyber thieves who were able…
Author: Dissent
NHTSA’s Complaint Database Leaks Private Information Like A Sieve
Edward Niedermeyer reports: Our Canadian pal carquestions took a look through NHTSA’s public complaint database, and found four examples of personal information that NHTSA should have redacted but didn’t. You know, things like names, birth dates, social security numbers, addresses, VINs, and drivers license numbers. And he found those four after searching through “12 or…
Embedding Privacy into Health Information Technology: An Absolute Must
A presentation by Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada at the MD Physician Services User Conference on Embedding Privacy into Health Information Technology, June 4. You can see the PowerPoint here. It contains links to helpful brochures as well as some case examples.
IN: Local restaurant targeted by online hackers
Kimberly King reports: A local restaurant reports a security breach affecting its customers. Hackers tapped into the credit card machines at Marco’s, stealing credit and debit card numbers from several customers, wiping out their bank accounts. Like any weeknight at Marco’s Restaurant, owner Mark Poulos was busy with loyal customers who’ve been coming there for…
(follow-up) Insurer says it’s not liable for University of Utah’s $3.3M data breach
Jaikumar Vijayan has a bit more on the suit filed by Colorado Casualty Insurance Co., who does not want to pay out for Perpetual Storage’s data breach involving the University of Utah. I thought the suit had been filed last month but it seems that it was just filed last week. Read more on Computerworld.
CA: Patient records taken from Santa Cruz pot referral office
Jennifer Squires reports: Burglars stole client records, a suitcase and two bags of cookies from a medicinal marijuana referral office on the 500 block of River Street late Monday or early Tuesday, Santa Cruz police reported. Safe Harbor Med Evaluations staff reported the theft around noon Tuesday. Burglars stole a computer hard drive that contained…