Yesterday, Marc Stewart of WSMV reported on how a number of Tennessee banks had been affected by the Heartland Payment Systems breach. Today, Todd Wallack of The Boston Globe has some data and figures on banks in Massachusetts affected by the Heartland Payment Systems breach. Some of the figures may be a bit surprising to…
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Bedford psychologist says he'll sue police over bathroom spying case
Timothy O’Connor of The Lower Hudson Journal reports: A Bedford psychologist, falsely accused of spying on patients in his office bathroom, yesterday informed New York City officials he intends to sue over his March 26 arrest. Robert Reiner, an New York University psychologist who has appeared on MTV, talk shows and network television, was charged…
Health Quest launched major security upgrade after laptop theft
Irwin M. Goldberg of The Poughkeepsie Journal reports: Health Quest voluntarily moved up and expanded its largest capital improvement project after a federal investigation into the theft of a laptop from its emergency room in July 2006. Vassar Brothers Medical Center implemented nine “corrective actions” as a result of the incident, according to a letter…
Official testifies on aftermath of Va. medical records breach
Michael Sluss of The Roanoke Times reports that well, basically, we still don’t know very much about the reported hacking and ransom demands involving the Virginia prescription monitoring database. Based on other big cases I’ve followed over the years, that’s not surprising. The one detail in the ransom note that suggested to me that the…
Woman Finds Credit Card Statements Unprotected Online
From TheIndyChannel.com: A major credit card company is investigating how more than a hundreds statements were made available online after an Indiana woman alerted them to the problem. Constance Wilson had logged in to pay her Aspire Visa card bill when she instantly had access to 120 other statements from people in Indiana and 31…
Report: ATM/Debit Card Fraud On The Rise
This will be no surprise to anyone who really reads all the breaches reported on this site, but Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading reports: […] Nearly 70 percent of the [161 financial services] respondents to the survey, conducted by antifraud firm Actimize, said they had experienced an increase in ATM/debit card fraud claims in…