Chad Eric Watt reports on a case that made news because of who sued whom: PlainsCapital Bank has settled a lawsuit it brought against a Plano business after cyber thieves transferred more than $800,000 from the company’s PlainsCapital bank account. Hillary Machinery Inc. and PlainsCapital were able to recover about $600,000 of the funds sent…
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VA and other new breach reports on OCR's breach list (updated)
OCR has updated its web site of reported breaches to now include the VA breach being reported in the news this week, as well as other breaches. Breaches not previously reported in the media or on this site are tagged with asterisks, below: Veterans Health Administration State: District of Columbia Business Associate Involved: Heritage Health…
New report on recent VA breaches identifies one contractor
Tom Spoth reports: More than 3,800 veterans had their personal information compromised last month in two data breaches that have led to renewed criticism of the Veterans Affairs Department’s data security. On April 22, an unencrypted laptop belonging to VA contractor Heritage Health Solutions was stolen from a vehicle, compromising the records of more than…
MasterCard Reaches Settlement With Heartland Payment Systems To Provide Issuers Worldwide Up To $41.4 Million For Data Breach Claims
MasterCard Worldwide today announced it has reached a settlement with Heartland Payment Systems (Heartland) to resolve claims by MasterCard and its issuers in connection with Heartland’s previously announced data security breach. The settlement agreement calls for Heartland to fund up to $41.4 million of “alternative recovery offers” to be made to eligible MasterCard card issuers…
BCBS of Tenn. Breach: Lessons Learned
Howard Anderson writes: In the wake of an information breach affecting nearly 1 million people, executives at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee have many lessons to share and plenty of advice to offer. On Oct. 2, 2009, someone stole 57 unencrypted hard drives from servers at a call center the insurer had recently closed. So far,…
VA IT official defends work on data protection
Alice Lipowicz reports: Roger Baker, assistant secretary for information and technology at the Veterans Affairs Department, today defended the department’s efforts to protect against data theft and unauthorized access at a House hearing where the VA was criticized for two recent breaches of veterans’ personal data in Texas. Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.), who chairs the…