Linda McGlasson of BankInfoSecurity.com updates us on the status of lawsuits against Heartland Payment Systems and Heartland’s motion to dismiss: There are two class action suits — one on the consumer side and the second on behalf of the financial institutions affected by the massive breach. Earlier in June, a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) panel decided…
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Phisher who victimized tens of thousands pleads guilty
Tien Truong (“Tim”) Nguyen, 30, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The case began in 2007 when Nguyen was indicted (pdf) for being part of a phishing scheme ring that victimized tens of thousands of individuals between October 15,…
Michigan AG's ruling on HIV disclosure case prompts medical privacy worries
Todd A. Heywood reports: A letter from the office of Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox exonerating Lansing City Attorney Brigham Smith of any criminal wrongdoing in the public release of an arrested man’s HIV-positive status has activists and political leaders up in arms. “This is just scary,†said State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, a likely candidate…
NHS Education for Scotland to improve security after laptop theft
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has agreed to improve data security after it informed the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of a data breach involving the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing the personal information of 6377 applicants for medical training positions. The information included names, addresses, phone numbers and summaries of the applicants, as well…
Austrian patient data landed on the net
A reader, Ewald Proll , sends this breach report: In Austria, hackers retrieved from the internet a database containing emergency data. These data had been transmitted unsecured and were intercepted by an individual, using a scanner, a soundcard, and a freely distributed piece of software. The authorities refused to comment this leakage so far. Source:…
30,000 California patients notified of burglary
The burglars broke in, but did they take anything? 23ABC reports that 30,000 patients of Kern Medical Center are being notified that burglars broke into a storage container where patients’ paper billing records were stored. The records contain patients’ confidential information including names, addresses, date of births, insurance providers and social security number. “There’s no…