Glen A. Kopp and Laura Preback Hang of Bracewell LLP write: A Lincoln Financial Group subsidiary agreed to pay $650,000 to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that it failed to implement sufficient security policies to protect confidential customer information after its web-based customer account database was hacked in 2012. The 2012…
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GA: Vascular Surgical Associates Notifies Patients of Hack (updated)
Vascular Surgical Associates in Georgia has been notifying patients of a hack discovered in September. From their site: Vascular Surgical Associates Protected Health Information Breach Vascular Surgical Associates was recently the victim of a hacking incident that may have resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about you. On or about September 13, 2016, we…
Navy to notify 134,386 sailors whose PII was on “compromised” laptop
So at 5 pm on Thanksgiving eve, the Navy discloses a data breach? Story Number: NNS161123-13Release Date: 11/23/2016 5:01:00 PM By Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) — Oct. 27, 2016, the Navy was notified by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services (HPES) that one of the company’s laptops operated by their employee supporting a…
Command Marketing Innovations Reports Printing Error Impacting Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Members
The vendor involved in the recent breach reported on this site involving Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has now issued its own press release: GARFIELD, N.J., Nov. 23, 2016 — Command Marketing Innovations (CMI), a vendor performing print work for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), announced today that on November 2, 2016, it…
Madison Square Garden Company Alerts Customers of Payment Card Data Breach
A major breach was just discovered last month, it seems. Here’s MSG’s full notice from their web site, today: The Madison Square Garden Company Notifies Customers of Payment Card Incident November 22, 2016 California residents please click here The Madison Square Garden Company (“MSG”) understands the importance of protecting payment card data. After MSG was notified…
UMass settles potential HIPAA violations following 2013 malware infection
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. The settlement includes a corrective action plan and a monetary payment of $650,000, which is reflective of the fact that the University operated at a financial loss in…