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LabMD files for stay of FTC order

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

As expected, LabMD is seeking a stay of the FTC’s order while they appeal the Commission’s  final order to a federal court. As I was reading their application, one particular footnote caught my eye, as it relates to the purpose of the raid on Tiversa that this site reported back in March. 3 The FBI raided Tiversa headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,…

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AU: Child services breaches foster kids’ privacy at least 58 times: report

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

Beau Donelly reports: A car was doused in petrol in one of six “significant” cases where children or carers were put in danger as a direct result of the leak-plagued child protection department’s own breaches, a review has uncovered. The state government has put vulnerable children and foster carers “at direct risk of harm” at least 58 times in the…

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SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

Jim Finkle reports: SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February’s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank. In a private letter to clients, SWIFT said that new cyber-theft attempts – some of them successful…

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UK: Data security incident trends

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

From the Information Commissioner’s Office, an interesting report with data for Q1 of 2016/17 by sector and attack type. Not surprisingly, the greatest number of breaches were reported by the healthcare sector: Analysis of the types of health data security incidents revealed that the most common sources were errors involving paper records, such as mailing or faxing errors,…

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Watchdog: IRS failed to notify over 1M people of identity theft

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

Naomi Jagoda reports: The Internal Revenue Service identified close to 1.1 million taxpayers who were victims of employment-related identity theft from 2011 through 2015, but almost none of the victims were informed, a Treasury Department watchdog found in a report made public this week. “Employment-related identity theft can cause significant burden to taxpayers, including the…

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Appalachian Regional Hospitals on emergency operations plan; computers shut down after malware injection

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Daniel Tyson reports: Appalachian Regional Hospitals in Beckley and Summers County computer systems were breached Saturday afternoon, but company officials were tight-lipped as to the extent or what information was seized by the hackers. The hospitals’ parent company, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, issued a two-paragraph statement that their hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are on…

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