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OCR closes case on Lanap & Dental Implants of Pennsylvania patient data breach

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Dissent

In 2013, I reported on a patient data breach involving LANAP & Implant Center. I followed up on the breach because although 11,000 patients had their unencrypted personal information uploaded to PirateBay, Dr. DiGiallorenzo had seemingly not notified all patients that their information had been compromised and remained at risk of download by criminals on…

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W.W. Grainger issues password reset for users of their mobile app

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Dissent

Industrial supply company W.W. Grainger has issued a password reset after discovering a coding error in their mobile app that put usernames and passwords at risk. Nicely done: At Grainger, we take data privacy and security very seriously. As part of a system review, Grainger’s IT team recently identified a coding error in the Grainger.com mobile apps…

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GA: IT staffer fired in data breach affecting 6 million Georgia voters

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Dissent

Kristina Torres reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp will issue an alert this afternoon formally notifying more than 6 million Georgia voters that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and birth dates, were illegally released last month by his office. The decision to send the notification comes two days after his office was alerted…

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Suit accuses Georgia of massive data breach involving 6 million voters (updated)

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Dissent

Kristina Torres reports: Two Georgia women have filed a class action lawsuit alleging a massive data breach by Secretary of State Brian Kemp involving the Social Security numbers and other private information of more than six million voters statewide. The suit, filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court, alleges Kemp’s office released the information including…

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CT: Alerted that banks had discovered a problem, Swiss Cleaners investigates and notifies customers of payment card breach that began in 2014

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Dissent

Swiss Cleaners values the relationship it has with its customers and understands the importance of protecting payment card information.  Swiss Cleaners was recently notified that banks had identified a pattern of unauthorized charges on payment cards after those cards were used in Swiss Cleaners stores.  Swiss Cleaners immediately began to investigate and engaged a leading…

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Fashion to Figure notifying customers of payment card compromise

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Dissent

Fashion to Figure (B. Lane, Inc.) is notifying customers of a breach involving malware inserted on their web host’s server. The malware was reportedly inserted on the unnamed host’s server on May 19, but Fashion to Figure did not realize it until October 16, when they started investigating why a web page was loading slowly. Potentially compromised…

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