Robert McMillan reports: A Bank of America computer specialist is set to plead guilty to charges that he hacked the bank’s automated tellers to dispense cash without recording the activity. Rodney Reed Caverly, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is scheduled to plead guilty to a computer fraud charge next Tuesday in federal court in Charlotte, according…
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Data breaches to cost more in the cloud
Liz Tay reports: Remedying a data breach costs 40 percent more for businesses that store their data offshore, a study of Australian incidents has found. Conducted by the Ponemon Institute and PGP Corporation, the inaugural Australian Cost of a Data Breach report aimed to quantify the costs associated with public and private sector data breaches….
HSE cited over lax data security
Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has called on the Health Service Executive to make improving the security of its systems for transferring patient data a top priority. Click here to read the full report In his annual report for 2009, Mr Hawkes also expressed concern at, what he called, ‘the reluctance of some State bodies…
Bar patrons hit with credit card fraud
Peter Cox reports on a breach previously mentioned here. Some credit cards swiped recently at the Mad Capper have been swiped by hackers who’ve racked up charges on those cards from Indiana to Russia. Jeff Chilson, owner of the Mad Capper, said that people who have been at the downtown Stillwater bar/restaurant in the last…
Saskatchewan gives local health foundations the OK to contact former patients for fundraising purposes
Angela Hall reports: REGINA — Local health foundations will soon be able to contact former hospital patients for fundraising purposes. A recent amendment to health privacy regulations, slated to take effect in May, will allow the names and addresses of people who received hospital services to be shared with the hospital foundation in that health…
Virginia Adds Medical Information Breach Notice Law
David Navetta writes: The state of Virginia has passed a breach notice law requiring notice of security breaches involving medical information. […] “Breach of the security of the system” means unauthorized access and acquisition of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of medical information maintained by an individual or…