From Newkirk, notice that another health insurer was also affected by the previously reported breach: Newkirk Products, Inc. (“Newkirk”), a service provider that issues healthcare ID cards for health insurance plans, today provided an update on its previously announced cyber security incident. Symphonix Health Insurance, a client of DST Health Solutions, Inc., is also identified…
Category: U.S.
Malware Infected All Eddie Bauer Stores in U.S., Canada
Brian Krebs reports: Clothing store chain Eddie Bauer said today it has detected and removed malicious software from point-of-sale systems at all of its 350+ stores in North America, and that credit and debit cards used at those stores during the first six months of 2016 may have been compromised in the breach. The acknowledgement comes nearly…
Former N. Bergen school employee spared prison in documents case
Michaelangelo Conte reports: A former North Bergen school board employee charged with taking confidential documents from the district to allegedly use them in a discrimination lawsuit will have the charges dropped when she completes a six-month term of supervised release. School board clerk Ivonne Saavedra filed her suit against the North Bergen Board of Education…
UNM students, employees could be victims of ID theft
Sandra Ramirez reports: Ronald Murray is accused of taking personal information from a University of New Mexico database and using it to go on a nearly $90,000 spending spree. Las Cruces Police Department spokesperson Dan Trujillo said Murray bought a $27,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, a $52,000 Jeep and nearly $4,000 in electronics from a Las…
Locky Targets Hospitals In Massive Wave Of Ransomware Attacks
Tom Spring reports: A massive Locky ransomware campaign spotted this month targets primarily the healthcare sector and is delivered in phishing campaigns. The payload, researchers at FireEye said, is dropped via .DOCM attachments, which are macro-enabled Office 2007 Word documents. Especially hard hit are hospitals in the United States followed by Japan, Korea and Thailand, according to research…
Plaintiffs Cannot Bring Data Breach Lawsuits Without Evidence That Information Will Be Used To Harm
Every time there’s a big breach that has consumers or patients outraged, I see rumblings in the Comments section of posts about class-action lawsuits. An article by John Devine, Edward McAndrew, and Gregory Szewczy of Ballard Spahr about a recent opinion in District Court for the D.C. Circuit is a timely reminder of the uphill battle plaintiffs may…