Over on The Tech Herald, Steve Ragan takes a somewhat more sympathetic view to J.C. Penney than I have generally taken. Steve writes, in part: Most of the media reports are painting the picture that J.C. Penney suffered a breach and did nothing. That isn’t entirely true. The company cooperated fully when asked and it…
Author: Dissent
MyPilotStore.com hack results in false charges on customers’ cards
On February 18, MyPlane, dba MyPilotStore.com, discovered that their database containing their customers’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and credit card information had been hacked. According to the firm, some customers received a “nominal fake charge to their credit card by a company not associated with us.” By letter dated March 19, MyPilotStore notified…
The Supreme Court confirms a penalty of 361,208 euros on Iberia for losing passengers’ personal data
The English seems a bit awkward, but the message seems clear. It seems like it took this incident over seven years to get to Spain’s Supreme Court. The Supreme Court confirms a penalty of 361,208 euros on Iberia for losing passengers’ personal data The Supreme Court has confirmed a penalty of 361,208 euros Iberia imposed…
Stolen council laptops contained sensitive information on pupils
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Warwickshire County Council in breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA) following the theft of two laptops and the loss of a memory stick. The laptops, which were unencrypted and not physically secured or locked away, were stolen from council offices. They held sensitive personal information relating to…
Online Thieves Take $205,000 Bite Out of Missouri Dental Practice
Brian Krebs reports: Organized computer criminals yanked more than $200,000 out of the online bank accounts of a Missouri dental practice this month, in yet another attack that exposes the financial risks that small- to mid-sized organizations face when banking online. Dentists working at the Smile Zone, a Springfield, Mo. based dental practice that caters…
National Health Information Privacy & Security Week
National Health Information Privacy & Security Week is April 11-17. AHIMA, has some free resources available, here. Unfortunately, a Google search for the event turns up more hits for merchandise than actual substance. If you learn of any interesting or unique events that are scheduled for the week, let us know!