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Two incidents involving Texas tax preparers may have put customers at risk of ID theft

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Dissent

Remember when it seemed like every day we were reading about ID theft and tax refund fraud schemes involving rogue employees of tax preparation firms? Yeah, well it’s still a thing.  Here’s a story about a former rogue employee at Jackson Hewitt in McKinney, Texas.  If you or someone you know may have used that…

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Schools Suffered at Least 122 Cybersecurity Incidents Last Year

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Dissent

Benjamin Herrold reports: The nation’s K-12 schools experienced 122 publicly reported cybersecurity incidents in 2018, more than half of which were caused or carried out by staff or students, and nearly 60 percent resulted in students’ personal data being compromised. And that’s likely just the tip of the iceberg, according to a report released Thursday by…

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Pharmaca notifies customers of payment card breach affecting brick-and-mortar stores

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Dissent

Those of us who read breach notifications to state attorneys general (yes, we have no life), likely all spotted a notification in mid-January involving Pharmaca. The notification stated that in December, 2018, Pharmaca started receiving reports of payment card fraud.  Their investigation, with help from security experts, revealed that malware may have captured customer payment…

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Stolen Credit Card Data from City Parking Systems Sold on the Dark Web

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Dissent

Bruno reports: The hackers of the city parking fine system in Saint John, Canada have been selling sensitive data on the dark web for over a year. The security breach in the system was not spotted for 15 months after the initial attack, which ultimately allowed the hackers to gain personal information and credit card…

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OCR Concludes All-Time Record Year for HIPAA Enforcement with $3 Million Cottage Health Settlement

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Dissent

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services concluded an all-time record year in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement activity.  In 2018, OCR settled 10 cases and was granted summary judgment in a case before an Administrative Law Judge, together totaling $28.7 million from enforcement…

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FL: Trash scattered all over road contained SSN and medical records

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Dissent

Rachel Polansky reports: Trash scattered on the side of a major road in Lehigh Acres turns out to be information that could have ruined a woman’s life. The NBC2 Investigators went to check out the situation after your tips came into the newsroom. The tip came in as trash scattered on the side of the…

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