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CalOptima Reports Potential Loss of Patient Claims Information (updated)

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

From CalOptima’s web site: ORANGE, Calif. (October 23, 2009) – CalOptima has identified the potential loss of past medical claims information for approximately 68,000 of its members that was stored on electronic media devices. CalOptima’s claims scanning vendor sent the electronic media devices to CalOptima through the U.S. Postal service by certified mail. On Tuesday,…

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TD Ameritrade settlement rejected

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

Josh Funk of Associated Press reports that Judge Vaughn Walker has rejected the settlement offer by TD Ameritrade. The settlement was in response to a hack in 2006 nd 2007 which exposed customer contact information on 6.3 million clients. According to the AP, the judge found that the deal, which would give the affected customers…

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Stolen laptops biggest danger as extent of UK data losses revealed

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

Karl Flinders reports: UK CIOs reported 356 data loss incidents last year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by a software supplier has revealed. The FOI request to the information commissioner’s office by Software AG revealed that within the 356 reported incidents 71 memory sticks and CDs were lost, 127 devices including laptops were stolen…

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UPDATE: Hackers target Guardian jobs site

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

Jack Schofield of the Guardian provides more detail on a breach previously reported here. The Guardian has emailed “up to half a million” users of its UK-based Jobs website to tell them that some of their personal data may have been compromised by “a sophisticated and deliberate hack” on Friday night. A Guardian spokesperson said…

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PING: U.S. DOT Federal Highway Adminstration

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

Last month, when I discovered that part of a subdomain of the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Adminstration was being used for spam, I used FHWA’s on-site feedback form to alert them to the problem. No reply. I called them later in the week and left a courteous voicemail. No reply. I also emailed…

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AU: Banks send customers’ personal details overseas

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Dissent

Steve Lewis reports: Angry customers are urging the Federal Government to stop the big banks from sending their personal details to offshore processing centres. A national poll has found 83 per cent want the banks to seek written permission from their customers before sending confidential data to overseas. At least two of the major four…

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