CNA reports: Several customers of online travel website Booking.com in Taiwan have been vulnerable to fraud this year because of leaks of personal information, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Sunday in a statement. A total of 228 members of Booking.com were defrauded of NT$33.62 million (US$1.09 million) in the first nine months of 2019…
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GA: Cornelia fends off third ransomware attack of the year, upgrades firewall
Rob Moore reports: A ransomware attack on City of Cornelia’s computerized billing system last week resulted in a day of lost productivity, but city leaders are taking steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again. “We did not get to the point of like Atlanta where they actually held us [for] ransom,” City Manager Donald Anderson…
Defense Department to tighten data security after settlement with veterans group
Military Times reports: The Defense Department will revamp its Servicemembers Civil Relief Act databases following charges the online information sites exposed millions of troops’ and veterans’ personal information to identity thieves and scammers, officials announced Thursday. Leaders from Vietnam Veterans of America, which filed a lawsuit against the department to force the changes, called the move an important…
Companies that want responsible disclosure should reinforce it.
Today’s post is a reminder that if you make claims on your web site that you take privacy and security very seriously and that you respond promptly to responsible disclosures, you really need to suit your actions to your words. On July 7, Timothy French of Underdog Security contacted LG to report that they had…
Dental Practice Pays $10,000 to Settle Social Media Disclosures of Patients’ Protected Health Information
HHS OCR has announced another settlement of a HIPAA complaint: Elite Dental Associates, Dallas (“Elite”) has agreed to pay $10,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…
AU: Inside a massive cyber hack that risks compromising leaders across the globe
Garrett Davis reports: One email was all it took for hackers to steal some of the most personal information from people potentially now in high-ranking roles across the globe. The cyber attack was so sophisticated it didn’t even need the person to click on a link or open a document to compromise decades worth of…