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Author: Dissent

Kaiser official defends security practices for veterans health data

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Alice Lipowicz reports: In the last several days, I have read a news article and a blog post that raise questions about Kaiser Permanente’s privacy and security policies regarding the medical records of its patients — including the records of about 450 veterans participating in a Kaiser/Veterans Affairs Department health data exchange pilot program in…

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Westin Bonaventure restaurants and valet parking hacked

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Another POS hack in the hospitality industry.  From their press release: Officials of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites which is independently owned by Today’s IV, Inc. and operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. under a license issued by Westin Hotel Management, L.P. announced that the hotel’s four restaurants—Lake View Bistro, Lobby Court Bar,…

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Alberta man sought in massive identity theft

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Ben Galinas reports: Edmonton police are looking for an alleged fraudster wanted on 137 charges connected to the theft of more than 120 identities. Acting Det. David Butt said police found driver’s licences, social insurance cards, debit cards and credit cards belonging to people from across Alberta after executing a search warrant in an Edmonton…

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NMSU acts to address limited 2006 exposure of student personal data

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Amanda L. Husson reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 300 New Mexico State University students were inadvertently leaked through file-sharing software last fall, the university revealed Wednesday. Letters were mailed to the affected students last week. Shaun Cooper, NMSU associate vice president and chief information officer, said the risk of identity theft…

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Hancock Fabrics confirms skimmers found in some stores

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Hancock Fabrics today confirmed what had been reported in the media back in October and November of 2009: customers in a number of states had their debit and credit card data stolen by skimmers in some of the stores. The data theft occurred during the period of August-September, 2009, but reports of fraud did not…

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Social networking threats put new pressure on healthcare CSOs

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Eric B. Parizo reports: A panel of healthcare security leaders say increasing pressure from users and management to allow access to social networking and Web 2.0 technologies is raising new concerns about keeping their IT environments secure. The discussion at RSA Conference 2010 offered a unique look at decisions faced by security directors charged with…

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